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noun
Territoriality: the assertion of rights to a territory
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: lifestyle, religion
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History
Etymology tree English territorial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English territorialism From territorial + -ism.
