'Pluralism' definitions:

Definition of 'pluralism'

From: WordNet
noun
A social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is tolerated
noun
The doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements [ant: monism]
noun
The practice of one person holding more than one benefice at a time

Definition of 'Pluralism'

From: GCIDE
  • Pluralism \Plu"ral*ism\, n.
  • 1. The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Eccl.) The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]