clericaliˈzation
[f. clericalize v.: see -ation.]
The action or result of making clerical or placing under clerical rule.
| 1907 Cath. Weekly 4 Jan. 6/2 Such clericalisation of ordinary political events is..undisguised mischief-making. 1928 Observer 19 Feb. 17/1 The Nationalists (Conservatives) [in Germany] are allied with the Centre party in forcing the clericalisation of the schools. 1958 E. L. Mascall Recov. Unity i. 5 The Counter-Reformation did little or nothing to correct this clericalisation of the Christian religion in Catholicism. |