caesaropapism
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caesaropapism¹
- /ˌsiːzəɹəʊˈpeɪpɪzm̩/ UK
- /ˌsiːzəɹoʊˈpeɪpɪz(ə)m/ US
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From caesar + -o- + papism, probably modelled after New Latin caesaro-papia, coined by the German ecclesiastical jurist Justus Henning Böhmer (1674–1749) in his work Jus ecclesiasticum Protestantium (Ecclesiastical Law of the Protestants, 1714–1736).
noun caesaropapisms · Caesaro-Papism · Caesaro-papism · caesaro-papism · Caesaropapism · Cæsaro-Papism
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The combination of state (originally imperial) power with religious authority; state authority over ecclesiastical matters.
Shari'a civil law and Ottoman secular fiscal and administrative practice were all combined with Byzantine Caesaropapism, entrenching the ruler as legislator and inhibiting the transition to the rule of law ultimately made in the Empire.
Similar: caesaropapacy, caesaropapalism, caesaropopism
Caesaropapism²
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of caesaropapism
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noun combination of state (originally imperial) power with religious authority; state authority over ecclesiastical matters
| Español | cesaropapismo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 황제교황주의 hwangjegyohwangjuui |
| 日本語 | カエサロパピスム, 皇帝教皇主義 |
| 中文 | 政教合一 zhèngjiào héyī |
| Português | cesaropapismo |
| Français | césaropapisme |
| Deutsch | Cäsaropapismus |
| Italiano | cesaropapismo |
| Ελληνικά | Καισαροπαπισμός Kaisaropapismós |
| Română | cezaropapism |
| Русский | цезаропапи́зм cezaropapízm, цезарепапи́зм cezarepapízm |
| עברית | קיסרופאפיזם |
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