ERASTIANISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Erastianism mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ERASTIANISM (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 ("Erastianism" is a kind of...):

theological doctrine (the doctrine of a religious group)