Ecclesiastical
Ecclesiastical , adjective
[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.
Every circumstance of ecclesiastical order and discipline was an abomination.
Collocations (5)
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. [English]
Ecclesiastical law , a combination of civil and canon law as administered in ecclesiastical courts. [English]
Ecclesiastical modes (Music) , 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.