territorialism


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ter·ri·to·ri·al·ism

 (tĕr′ĭ-tôr′ē-ə-lĭz′əm)
n.
1. A social system that gives authority and influence in a state to the landowners.
2. A system of church government based on primacy of civil power.

ter′ri·to′ri·al·ist n.
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territorialism

(ˌtɛrɪˈtɔːrɪəlɪzəm)
n
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a social system under which the predominant force in the state is the landed class
2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a former Protestant theory that the civil government has the right to determine the religious beliefs of the subjects of a state
ˌterriˈtorialist n
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territorialism

1. the principle of the political predominance of the landed classes; landlordism.
2. the theory of church policy vesting supreme ecclesiastical authority in a civil government, as in 16th-century Germany. Also called territorial system. — territorialist, n.
See also: Politics
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