CAESAROPAPISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Caesaropapism mean? 

• CAESAROPAPISM (noun)
  The noun CAESAROPAPISM has 1 sense:

1. the doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters

  Familiarity information: CAESAROPAPISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAESAROPAPISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

Byzantinism; Caesaropapism; Erastianism

Hypernyms ("Caesaropapism" is a kind of...):

theological doctrine (the doctrine of a religious group)