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Congregationalism (iou)



Congregationalism noun. E18.
[from CONGREGATIONAL + -ISM.]
A system of ecclesiastical organization that leaves the legislative, disciplinary, and judicial functions to the individual churches and congregations; adherence to a Congregational church (in England and Wales such churches were largely merged in the United Reformed Church from 1972).