ecclesiasticism vs adherence

ecclesiasticism and adherence both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ecclesiasticism	Yes	No	No	No
adherence	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, adherence is a hypernym of ecclesiasticism; that is, adherence is a word with a broader meaning than ecclesiasticism:

Other hypernyms of ecclesiasticism include adhesion, attachment.

ecclesiasticism (noun)	adherence (noun)
excessive adherence to ecclesiastical forms and activities	faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
religion appropriate to a church and to ecclesiastical principles and practices	the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition