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ecclesiastical

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ec·cle·si·as·ti·cal  (-klz-st-kl)
adj.
1. Of or relating to a church, especially as an organized institution.
2. Appropriate to a church or to use in a church: ecclesiastical architecture; ecclesiastical robes.
ec·clesi·asti·cal·ly adv.
ecclesiastical
Adjective
of or relating to the Christian Church or its clergy
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.ecclesiastical - of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church); "ecclesiastic history"
ecclesiastic
ecclesiastical
adjective clerical, religious, church, churchly, priestly, spiritual, holy, divine, pastoral, sacerdotal
Translations
ecclesiastical [ɪkliːzɪˈæstɪkəl] adj → eclesiástico
ecclesiastical [ɪkliːzɪˈæstɪkəl] adj → ecclesiastico/a


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In the Abbe Tigrane, in Lucifer, and elsewhere, he has delineated, with wonderful power and patience, a strictly ecclesiastical portraiture--
The Guardian by Pater, Walter Horatio View in context
It only remains now to speak of ecclesiastical principalities, touching which all difficulties are prior to getting possession, because they are acquired either by capacity or good fortune, and they can be held without either; for they are sustained by the ancient ordinances of religion, which are so all-powerful, and of such a character that the principalities may be held no matter how their princes behave and live.
The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context
At home they might hear political and ecclesiastical secrets intended not for them but for their husbands and brothers, and might even issue commands in the name of a priestly Circle; out of doors the striking combination of red and green, without addition of any other colours, would be sure to lead the common people into endless mistakes, and the Women would gain whatever the Circles lost, in the deference of the passers by.
Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context
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