How do you pronounce caesaropapism?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsiːzəɹoʊˈpeɪpɪz(ə)m/.

caesaropapism

/ˌsiːzəɹoʊˈpeɪpɪz(ə)m/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cae-sar-o-pap-i-sm
IPA: /ˌsiːzəɹoʊˈpeɪpɪz(ə)m/

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Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Alternative letter-case form of caesaropapism.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

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).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: caesar
Root: caesaro-papia
Suffix: -o-

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌsiːzəɹoʊˈpeɪpɪz(ə)m/
British English: /ˌsiːzəɹəʊˈpeɪpɪzm̩/

Usage

Inflected Forms

caesaropapisms (plural) Caesaro-Papism (alternative) Cæsaro-Papism (alternative) Cæsaropapism (alternative) Cesaro-Papism (alternative) Cesaropapism (alternative)

Derived Forms

caesaropapist

Phrases

state church

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