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conciliarism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.09 in modern English

Syllables
con-cil-iarism
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The doctrine that the highest ecclesiastical authority is an ecumenical council (rather than a pope).

Uncountable

Etymology

From conciliar + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

conciliarist congregationalism

Antonyms

curialism Vaticanism Romism ultramontanism

Questions

What does conciliarism mean?
The doctrine that the highest ecclesiastical authority is an ecumenical council (rather than a pope).
Where does conciliarism come from?
From conciliar + -ism.

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