ecclesiastical, ecclesiastic
(adjective) of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church); “ecclesiastic history”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ecclesiastical (comparative more ecclesiastical, superlative most ecclesiastical)
Of or pertaining to the church.
Synonyms: churchical, churchlike, churchly, ecclesiastic (less common)
• 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
18 November 2024
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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
