Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phyletism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phyletism
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The doctrine and practice of organizing churches along exclusive and nationalist lines, condemned as heretical by the Council of Constantinople in 1872.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Its progress in the past years shows that the heresy of phyletism is bound to rescind and that all those who really desire Orthodox unity—without losing anything which is precious and positive in their ethnic traditions—will join us in our common Orthodox witness to the world of today."
"[Soloviev] lamented that phyletism, the division of the church along ethnic, national, or linguistic lines, had become Orthodoxy’s governing ecclesiology despite its official condemnation in 1872."

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek φυλετισμός (fyletismós), from φυλέτης (fylétis, “tribesman”) + -ισμός (-ismós, “-ism”).

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

phyle phyletic

Synonyms

ethnophyletism

Questions

What does phyletism mean?: The doctrine and practice of organizing churches along exclusive and nationalist lines, condemned as heretical by the Council of Constantinople in 1872.
Where does phyletism come from?: Borrowed from Greek φυλετισμός (fyletismós), from φυλέτης (fylétis, “tribesman”) + -ισμός (-ismós, “-ism”).

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