Historical and derogatory name for Roman Catholics or Catholicism.
Medieval theory of papal power.
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Examples for "hierocracy "
Examples for "hierocracy "
1 The hierocracy is taken for granted as the constitution of the congregation.
2 The hierocracy towards which Ezekiel had already opened the way was simply inevitable.
3 The arbitrary proceeding of Joash did not well suit the ideas of an autonomous hierocracy .
4 All these changes are the natural outcome of the importation of the hierocracy into Mosaic times.
5 Here plainly lies the material basis of the hierocracy from which the royal throne was ultimately reached.
1 The Those who yielded to stress of persecution fell back into Papalism and went to swell the tide of the Catholic reaction.
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