cahenslyism

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cahenslyism - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cahenslyism \Ca*hens"ly*ism\, n. (R. C. Ch.)
     A plan proposed to the Pope in 1891 by P. P. Cahensly, a
     member of the German parliament, to divide the foreign-born
     population of the United States, for ecclesiastical purposes,
     according to European nationalities, and to appoint bishops
     and priests of like race and speaking the same language as
     the majority of the members of a diocese or congregation.
     This plan was successfully opposed by the American party in
     the Church.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]