religionism

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I do not suppose that much of our modern religionism is in great danger from too fervid emotion.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Maclaren, Alexander

His doctrine of the Church had the disadvantage of an apparently intermediate and ambiguous position, refusing the broad, intelligible watchwords and reasonings of popular religionism.

From The Oxford Movement Twelve Years, 1833-1845 by Church, R. W. (Richard William)

On the other hand, exclusive religionism has too much consciousness of secret sympathy with its avowed antipodes, to enjoy itself much better.

From Brook Farm Historic and Personal Memoirs by Codman, John Thomas

It seeks not, therefore, the applause of men; and it shrinks from that spurious religionism whose prominent characters are talk, and pretension, and external observance, often accompanied by uncharitable censure.

From The Philosophy of the Moral Feelings by Abercrombie, John

But it is useful for us to know it, notwithstanding its background of gloomy religionism and its air of unreality; for it helps us to understand the character of Puritan women and of Philip Stubbes.

From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Earle, Alice Morse