Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cahenslyism \Ca*hens"ly*ism\, n. (R. C. Ch.)
   A plan proposed to the Pope in 1891 by P. P. Cahensly, a
   member of the German parliament, to divide the foreign-born
   population of the United States, for ecclesiastical purposes,
   according to European nationalities, and to appoint bishops
   and priests of like race and speaking the same language as
   the majority of the members of a diocese or congregation.
   This plan was successfully opposed by the American party in
   the Church.