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[ ih-klee-zee-as-ti-kuhl ] / ɪˌkli ziˈæs tɪ kəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ecclesiastical ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveof or relating to the church or the clergy; churchly; clerical; not secular. Origin of ecclesiasticallate Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at Ecclesiastes, -ical OTHER WORDS FROM ecclesiasticalec·cle·si·as·ti·cal·ly, adverban·ti·ec·cle·si·as·ti·cal, adjectivean·ti·ec·cle·si·as·ti·cal·ly, adverbin·ter·ec·cle·si·as·ti·cal, adjective in·ter·ec·cle·si·as·ti·cal·ly, adverbnon·ec·cle·si·as·ti·cal, adjectivenon·ec·cle·si·as·ti·cal·ly, adverbun·ec·cle·si·as·ti·cal·ly, adverb Words nearby ecclesiasticalecclesia, ecclesial, ecclesiarch, Ecclesiastes, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical, ecclesiastical calendar, Ecclesiastical Commissioners, ecclesiastical court, ecclesiastical society, ecclesiasticism Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ecclesiasticalSo here, for your Christmas Eve pleasure, are 20 of my favorites, 10 from the ecclesiastical division and 10 secular. Yes, I Like Christmas Music. Stop Laughing.|Michael Tomasky|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST Rev. Schaefer stands in a long tradition of civil disobedience, or in this case, ecclesiastical disobedience. Love Trumped Rules for Fired Methodist Rev. Frank Schaefer|Gene Robinson|December 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST It seems that Bush is simply taking a stab at landscapes and ecclesiastical architecture. George W. Bush ‘Comes Out’ As Artist|Lizzie Crocker|February 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST Wordsworth, until he began the Ecclesiastical Sonnets, was betrayed by his "penchant for paradox." The London Mercury, Vol. I, Nos. 1-6, November 1919 to April 1920|Various
As an ecclesiastical symbol it has remained consistent to the present day. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6|Various But they will be so modified and supplemented that they will present an ecclesiastical type of their own. India, Its Life and Thought|John P. Jones It had an ecclesiastical sign,—the Mitre,—and a bar that seemed to be the next best thing to a bishopric, it was so snug. The Holly-Tree|Charles Dickens It almost coincided with the line of demarcation between the two ecclesiastical dioceses into which the island was divided. The History of Cuba, vol. 4|Willis Fletcher Johnson
British Dictionary definitions for ecclesiastical
adjectiveof or relating to the Christian Church Derived forms of ecclesiasticalecclesiastically, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to ecclesiasticalclerical, sectarian, holy, ministerial, orthodox, parochial, pastoral, religious, spiritual, diaconal, episcopal |