† hieromachy Obs. rare.
(haɪəˈrɒməkɪ)
[f. Gr. ἱερό-ς sacred (hiero-) + -µαχία fighting.]
A conflict of ecclesiastics.
| 1574 Life 70th Abp. Canterb. To Rdr. D ij b, The ambitious and tragicall Hieromachie betwene the two Hierarches off Canterburye and Yorke for the papacie in England. |