Term
Anticlericalism
Hostility toward the influence of the clergy or religious hierarchy in public affairs.
Filed underChurch History
Definition
Hostility to the influence of the clergy or hierarchy in public affairs.
Sources
- 1.Jerald C. Brauer and B. A. Gerrish, ed. The Westminster Dictionary of Church History. (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1971). 40Original citation: Brauer, Jerald C., and B. A. Gerrish, eds. The Westminster Dictionary of Church History. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1971, 40.
Last revised August 14, 2026