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ec·cle·si·as·ti·cal
(ĭ-klē′zē-ăs′tĭ-kəl)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·cle′si·as′ti·cal·ly adv.
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ecclesiastical
(ɪˌkliːzɪˈæstɪkəl) orecclesial
adj
(Ecclesiastical Terms) of or relating to the Christian Church
ecˌclesiˈastically adv
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ec•cle•si•as•ti•cal
(ɪˌkli ziˈæs tɪ kəl)adj.
of or pertaining to the church or the clergy; churchly; clerical; not secular.
[1375–1425]
ec•cle`si•as′ti•cal•ly, adv.
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Adj. | 1. | ecclesiastical - of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church); "ecclesiastic history" |
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ecclesiastical
adjective clerical, religious, church, churchly, priestly, spiritual, holy, divine, pastoral, sacerdotal He refused to acknowledge the ecclesiastical supremacy of the monarch.
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ecclesiastical
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Translations
církevní
kirkollinen
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ecclesiastical
adj → kirchlich
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ecclesiastical
[ɪˌkliːzɪˈæstɪk/əl] adj → ecclesiastico/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995