'Ecclesiastical' definitions:
Definition of 'ecclesiastical'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church); "ecclesiastic history" [syn: ecclesiastical, ecclesiastic]
Definition of 'Ecclesiastical'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- Every circumstance of ecclesiastical order and discipline was an abomination. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ecclesiastical'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Ecclesiastical'
- Ecclesiast,
- Ecclesiastes,
- Ecclesiastic,
- Ecclesiastically,
- Ecclesiastical States,
- Ecclesiastical courts,
- Ecclesiastical law,
- Ecclesiastical modes,
- book of ecclesiastes,
- ecclesiastical attire,
- ecclesiastical benefice,
- ecclesiastical calendar,
- ecclesiastical mode,
- ecclesiastical province,
- ecclesiastical robe,
- Ecclesiastical commissioners for England