territorialism

[ ter-i-tawr-ee-uh-liz-uh m, -tohr- ]

/ ˌtɛr ɪˈtɔr i əˌlɪz əm, -ˈtoʊr- /

a principle or system that gives predominance to the landed classes.

Also called territorial system. a theory of church policy according to which the supreme ecclesiastical authority is vested in the civil power.

Origin of territorialism

First recorded in 1870–75; territorial + -ism

ter·ri·to·ri·al·ist, noun

The movements of the first kind are represented by Political Zionism and Territorialism.

History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Vol. 3 of 3. |S. M. Dubnow

territorialism

/ (ˌtɛrɪˈtɔːrɪəlɪzəm) /

a social system under which the predominant force in the state is the landed class

a former Protestant theory that the civil government has the right to determine the religious beliefs of the subjects of a state

territorialist, noun