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phyletism

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The doctrine and practice of organizing churches along exclusive and nationalist lines, condemned as heretical by the Council of Constantinople in 1872.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Qualifier: Eastern Orthodoxy

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Synonyms: ethnophyletism

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek φυλετισμός (fyletismós), from φυλέτης (fylétis, “tribesman”) + -ισμός (-ismós, “-ism”).