See Also: ecclesiastical(dictionary)
ECCLESIASTICAL LAW(law)
ECCLESIASTICAL(law)
ecclesiastical(dictionary)
ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS(law)
ecclesiastical heraldry(encyclopedia)
CONSISTORY, ecclesiastical law(law)
ADVOCATE, civil and ecclesiastical law(law)
ALLEGATION, English ecclesiastical law(law)
DEGRADATION, punishment, ecclesiastical law(law)

ecclesiastical (iou)



ecclesiastical adjective & noun. LME.
[from ECCLESIASTIC + -AL1.]
A. adjective.
Of or pertaining to the Christian Church. Opp. civil or secular. LME.
Of or pertaining to the Christian clergy; clerical. M16.
Special collocations: Ecclesiastical Commission, Ecclesiastical Commissioners Hist. (the members of) a body, subordinate to the Privy Council, which managed the estates and revenues of the Church of England from 1835 to 1948. ecclesiastical courts: for maintaining the discipline of the Church of England and administering ecclesiastical law. ecclesiastical law: derived from canon and civil law, administered in ecclesiastical courts. ecclesiastical year: see YEAR noun1.
b. noun.
In pl. Matters concerning the Christian Church. M17.
= ECCLESIASTIC noun 2. rare. L19.
ecclesiastically adverb L16.