noun · countable / uncountable

caesaropapism

cae·sar·o·pap·i·sm

caesaropapism · caesaropapisms

цезаропапізм, цезарепапізм

цезаропапизм, цезарепапизм

Cäsaropapismus

The combination of state power with religious authorityThe combination of state (originally imperial) power with religious authority; state authority over ecclesiastical matters.

UK/ˌsiːzəɹəʊˈpeɪpɪzm̩/US/ˌsiːzəɹoʊˈpeɪpɪz(ə)m/

Meaning

1 senses

(countable, uncountable)The combination of state (originally imperial) power with religious authority; state authority over ecclesiastical matters.
Cäsaropapismus
цезаропапи́змcezaropapízm, цезарепапи́змcezarepapízm
цезаропапізмcezaropapizm, цезарепапізмcezarepapizm
the doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters

Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

combination of state (originally imperial) power with religious authority; state authority over ecclesiastical matters:

Русский

By meaning 1

combination of state (originally imperial) power with religious authority; state authority over ecclesiastical matters:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

combination of state (originally imperial) power with religious authority; state authority over ecclesiastical matters:

Origin

From caesar + -o- + papism, probably modelled after New Latin caesaro-papia, coined by the

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).

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