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clericalist

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cler·i·cal·ism  (klr-k-lzm)
n.
A policy of supporting the power and influence of the clergy in political or secular matters.

cleri·cal·ist n.
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Noun1.clericalist - one who advocates clericalism
adherent, disciple - someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another

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I show that when reformists referred to women, they exclusively focused on the "prudish," "fanatically devout wives" of the professors whom they accused of being clericalist and monastic.
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