政せい教きょう

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

religion and politics; church and state

Refers to the relationship or separation between religious institutions and political authority. Often used in formal or news contexts.

政せい教きょう分ぶん離りは近きん代だい国こっ家かの重じゅう要ような原げん則そくだ。
Separation of church and state is an important principle of modern nations.
その問もん題だいは政せい教きょうの境きょう界かいをめぐる議ぎ論ろんを引ひき起おこした。
That issue sparked debate over the boundary between religion and politics.

Kanji

政politics, government
教teach, faith, doctrine

Don't confuse with

政せい経けい
政教 means 'religion and politics' (church and state), while 政経 means 'politics and economics' — the two look and sound alike but refer to entirely different pairings.
正せい教きょう
正教 means orthodoxy or the Orthodox Church, while 政教 (also read せいきょう) means 'government and religion' as in 政教分離; they are unrelated homophones.

Word family

政せい教きょう一いっ致ち
unity of church and state; theocracy
政せい教きょう分ぶん離り
separation of church and state

Etymology

Compound of 政 (government, politics) and 教 (religion, teaching). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination is conventionally associated with the concept of church-state relations.