Definition of Ecclisiastical
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.
Every circumstance of ecclesiastical order and
discipline was an abomination. Cowper.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Of or pertaining to the church; as, ecclesiastical architecture.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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