territorialism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Territoriality: the assertion of rights to a territory
  2. A theory of church government according to which the ruler of a country has the natural right to rule also over the ecclesiastical affairs of its people.

Word forms

territorialism territorialisms

Etymology

From territorial + -ism.

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