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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 mattersplay

  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)


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