caesaropapism

== English == === Etymology === From caesar +‎ -o- +‎ papism, probably modelled after New Latin caesaro-papia, coined by the German ecclesiastical jurist Justus Henning Böhmer (1674–1749) in his work Jus ecclesiasticum Protestantium (Ecclesiastical Law of the Protestants, 1714–1736). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌsiːzəɹəʊˈpeɪpɪzm̩/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌsiːzəɹoʊˈpeɪpɪz(ə)m/ Hyphenation: cae‧sar‧o‧pap‧i‧sm === Noun === caesaropapism (countable and uncountable, plural caesaropapisms) (government, religion) The combination of state (originally imperial) power with religious authority; state authority over ecclesiastical matters. Synonyms: caesaropapacy, caesaropapalism, caesaropopism ==== Alternative forms ==== Caesaro-Papism, Caesaro-papism, caesaro-papism; Caesaropapism Cæsaro-Papism, Cæsaro-papism, cæsaro-papism; Cæsaropapism, cæsaropapism Cesaro-Papism, Cesaro-papism, cesaro-papism; Cesaropapism, cesaropapism ==== Derived terms ==== caesaropapist ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== state church === References === === Further reading === caesaropapism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia