Conciliarism is an English word. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Conciliarism in a sentence
Conciliarism meaning
The doctrine that the highest ecclesiastical authority is an ecumenical council (rather than a pope).
Using Conciliarism
- The main meaning on this page is: The doctrine that the highest ecclesiastical authority is an ecumenical council (rather than a pope).
Context around Conciliarism
- Average sentence length in these examples: 17.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Conciliarism
- In this selection, "conciliarism" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 17.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, holds stand out and add context to how "conciliarism" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include conciliarism holds that and politics of conciliarism at and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "conciliarism" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with conciliarism
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
For good brief discussions of the politics of conciliarism at and after Constance, see Black, Anthony. 1998. (17 words)
Conciliarism holds that the supreme authority of the church lies with a General Council, not with the pope. (18 words)
Conciliarism holds that the supreme authority of the church lies with a General Council, not with the pope. (18 words)
For good brief discussions of the politics of conciliarism at and after Constance, see Black, Anthony. 1998. (17 words)
Example sentences (2)
Conciliarism holds that the supreme authority of the church lies with a General Council, not with the pope.
For good brief discussions of the politics of conciliarism at and after Constance, see Black, Anthony. 1998.