Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
excessive adherence to ecclesiastical forms and activities;
- Example: "their ecclesiasticism overwhelmed their religion"2.
religion appropriate to a church and to ecclesiastical principles and practices;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ecclesiasticism \Ec*cle`si*as"ti*cism\, n.
Strong attachment to ecclesiastical usages, forms, etc.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ecclesiasticism
n 1: excessive adherence to ecclesiastical forms and activities;
"their ecclesiasticism overwhelmed their religion"
2: religion appropriate to a church and to ecclesiastical
principles and practices