ter·ri·to·ri·al·ism (t r  -tôr  - -lzm, -t r-)n. 1. A social system that gives authority and influence in a state to the landowners. 2. A system of church government based on primacy of civil power. ter ri·tori·al·ist n. |
territorialism
1. the principle of the political predominance of the landed classes; landlordism.
2. the theory of church policy vesting supreme ecclesiastical authority in a civil government, as in 16th-century Germany. Also called territorial system. — territorialist, n.
See also: Politics2. the theory of church policy vesting supreme ecclesiastical authority in a civil government, as in 16th-century Germany. Also called territorial system. — territorialist, n.
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