territorialism noun. [tɛrɪ'tɔ:rɪǝlɪz(ǝ)m] L19.
[from TERRITORIAL + -ISM. In sense 2, translating German Territorialsystem.]
1. A system giving predominance to the landed class; landlordism. L19.

2. Hist. A theory of Church government in which the civil power has supreme authority. L19.

3. In Scotland, the organization of church work on territorial lines (see TERRITORIAL adjective 1c). L19.

4. Zoology. = TERRITORIALITY 2. M20.

■ territorialist noun (a) a member or representative of the landed class; (b) Hist. a member of a Jewish organization, whose aim was to secure a separate territory for the Jews: M19.

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