Etymology

caesaropapism

cae·sar·o·pap·i·sm
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Today it means: The combination of state (originally imperial) power with religious authority; state authority over ecclesiastical matters. Full definition →

New Latin caesaro-papia
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  1. New Latin · derived fromcaesaro-papia
  2. English todaycaesaropapism

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).

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