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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The teaching of Isaac Thomas Hecker (1819-1888), which interprets Catholicism as promoting human aspirations after liberty and truth, and as the religion best suited to the character and institutions of the American people. uncountable

Etymology

From Hecker + -ism.

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