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Ecclesiarchy

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ecclesiocracynoungovernment by church leaders
caesaropapismnoun(government, religion) The combination of state (originally imperial) power with religious authority; state authority over ecclesiastical matters.
hierocracynounGovernment by ecclesiastics.
ecclesianoun(ecclesiastical) A church, either as a body or as a building.
ecclesiastical statenoun(archaic, historical) The Papal States.
ecclesiastnounA cleric; someone (such as a priest) who administers a church (ecclesia) or other religious gathering/group.
cæsaropapismnounObsolete typography of caesaropapism. [(government, religion) The combination of state (originally imperial) power with religious authority; state authority over ecclesiastical matters.]
episcopacynounThe office of bishop and the governance of a church (a religious denomination) by bishops.
ecclesiasticnounA cleric, especially one in a Christian church.
ecclesiolatrynounExcessive dedication to the church as an institution, rather than to the religion it serves.
ecclesiolaternoun(rare, usually in the plural) One who shows excessive dedication to the church as an institution, rather than to the religion it serves.
clericocracynoun(rare, politics) Rule by clerics.
theocratnoun(politics, religion) The ruler of a theocracy, a priest-king.
spiritualitynounThe quality or state of being spiritual.
priest-kingnoun(religion) A sacred king, a monarch with prominent religious attributes.
eparchynoun(Christianity) In Eastern Christendom, a diocese of a bishop.
ecclesiarchnoun(Christianity) An official of the Eastern Church, equivalent to a sacristan in the Western Church.
eparchatenounAn eparchy, or diocese of a bishop.
divine politynoun(chiefly Christianity, theology) A government or system of governance (especially of a church) said to be instituted by God.
ecclesiasticismnounStrong attachment to ecclesiastical customs and practices.

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