(n.) Improperly, certain views or principles erroneously ascribed to Father Hecker in a French translation of Elliott's Life of Hecker. They were condemned as "Americanism" by the Pope, in a letter to Cardinal Gibbons, January 22, 1899.
HECKERISM
Meaning of HECKERISM in English
Webster's English dictionary. Английский словарь Webster. 2012