ECCLESIASTICAL

ecclesiastical, ecclesiastic

(adjective) of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church); “ecclesiastic history”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

ecclesiastical (comparative more ecclesiastical, superlative most ecclesiastical)

Of or pertaining to the church.

Synonyms: churchical, churchlike, churchly, ecclesiastic (less common)

Antonyms

• antiecclesiastical

• nonecclesiastical

Source: Wiktionary

Ec*cle`si*as"tic*al, a. Etym: [See Ecclesiastical, a.]

Definition: Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization or government of the church; not secular; as, ecclesiastical affairs or history; ecclesiastical courts. Every circumstance of ecclesiastical order and discipline was an abomination. Cowper. 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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