Ecclesiastical

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ecclesiastical \Ec*cle`si*as"tic*al\, a. [See {Ecclesiastical},
     a.]
     Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization
     or government of the church; not secular; as, ecclesiastical
     affairs or history; ecclesiastical courts.
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           Every circumstance of ecclesiastical order and
           discipline was an abomination.           --Cowper.
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     {Ecclesiastical commissioners for England}, a permanent
        commission established by Parliament in 1836, to consider
        and report upon the affairs of the Established Church.
  
     {Ecclesiastical courts}, courts for maintaining the
        discipline of the Established Church; -- called also
        {Christian courts}. [Eng.]
  
     {Ecclesiastical law}, a combination of civil and canon law as
        administered in ecclesiastical courts. [Eng.]
  
     {Ecclesiastical modes} (Mus.), the church modes, or the
        scales anciently used.
  
     {Ecclesiastical States}, the territory formerly subject to
        the Pope of Rome as its temporal ruler; -- called also
        {States of the Church}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ecclesiastical
       adj : of or associated with a church (especially a Christian
             Church); "ecclesiastic history" [syn: {ecclesiastic}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "ecclesiastical":
     abbatial, abbatical, apostolic, archiepiscopal, canonical,
     capitular, capitulary, cathedral-like, cathedralesque, church,
     churchish, churchlike, churchly, clerical, ecclesiastic, episcopal,
     episcopalian, evangelistic, ministerial, pantheonic, papal,
     pastoral, patriarchal, pontifical, prelatial, prelatic,
     priest-ridden, priestish, priestly, rabbinic, sacerdotal,
     spiritual, synagogal, synagogical, tabernacular, templelike,
     theological, ultramontane
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  ECCLESIASTICAL. Belonging to, or set apart for the church; as, distinguished 
  from civil or secular. Vide Church.