officialism
Noun
Meaning
The state of being official; a system of official government; also, adherence to office routine; red-tapism.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
form
service
rule
rite
ceremony
procedure
ritual
liturgy
bureaucracy
city hall
stereotype
formality
rubric
solemnity
officialdom
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We all know that the besetting danger of Churches is formalism; the besetting danger of State action, of corporate action, is officialism and mechanism; and we all know that it is a drawback to many modern ideals that they rest upon materialism and a soulless secularism.