English

Landmarkism

From landmark + -ism, after a passage in Proverbs 22:28: "Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set."

Formed from landmark + -ism

Proto-West Germanic *landamarku ‘boundary, landmark’

Old English landmearc ‘boundary’

Middle English *landmark

Today it means

name An ecclesiology whereby non-Baptist churches are considered illegitimate.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Landmarkism