an·ti·cler·i·cal ( n t -kl r  -k l, nt -)adj. Opposed to the influence of the church or the clergy in political affairs. an ti·cleri·cal·ism n. |
anticlerical
Adjective
opposed to the power and influence of the clergy in politics
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anticlerical Adjective opposed to the power and influence of the clergy in politics |
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| Kertzer demonstrates that departure was a very real possibility, particularly after anticlericals attacked the funeral procession of Pius IX in July 1881, and after radicals erected a monument in Rome's Campo dei Fiori to honor the sixteenth-century apostate friar, Giordano Bruno. To account for recognition of theater women's accomplishments, Berlanstein cites the impact of not only democratization but also republican anticlericals, who promoted new secular models for womanhood (p. Both clerics and anticlericals agree that Slovenia's conservatives suffer from the loss of a generation of potential leaders. |
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