ecclesiastical
/əˈkliː.ziˌæ.stɪ.kəl/
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Canada/əˌkli.ziˈæ.stə.kəl/
ecclesiastical adjective: of or pertaining to the church.
Adjective
ecclesiastical (comparative more ecclesiastical, superlative most ecclesiastical)
- Of or pertaining to the church.
- ecclesiastical architecture
- Sodomy had always been an ecclesiastical offense. The Statute of 1533 (25 Henry VIII, c. 6) made it a felony; and Pollock and Maitland consider that this "affords an almost sufficient proof that the temporal courts had not punished it, and that no one had been put to death for it, for a very long...1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)
- Synonyms:
- churchical, churchlike, churchly, ecclesial, ecclesiastic, churchish, churchy
ecclesiastical meaning in Malayalam, Kannada, Arabic and Indonesian
ecclesiastical in Malayalam
- clerical, priestly, ministerial
- പൗരോഹിത്യപരമായ, ദേവാലയസംബന്ധമായ, പുരോഹിതനെസംബന്ധിച്ച, വെെദികവൃത്തിയെ സംബന്ധിച്ച, മതപരമായ, സഭാസംബന്ധിയായ
ecclesiastical in Kannada
- ಕ್ರೈಸ್ತಮತೀಯ, ಧಾರ್ಮಿಕ, ದಿವ್ಯ, ಕ್ರೈಸ್ತ ಮತ ಸಂಬಂಧಿ
ecclesiastical in Arabic
- pertaining to the church
- كَنْسِيّ kansiyy
ecclesiastical in Indonesian
- pertaining to the church
- gerejani, gerejawi
Examples of ecclesiastical in a sentence
- The secular arm as a means by which lay power intervenes in ecclesiastical cases had two types: sought and unsought by the Church.
- Andrew's, ecclesiastical north, south, east, and west correspond to geographical northeast, southwest, southeast, and northwest.
- Andrew's as situated at ecclesiastical east (to avoid overcomplicating matters), not geographical or magnetic southeast.
Synonyms of ecclesiastical
Antonyms
Forms of ecclesiastical
| comparative | more ecclesiastical |
|---|---|
| superlative | most ecclesiastical |
| alternative form (obsolete) | ecclesiasticall |
Origin of ecclesiastical
From Middle English ecclesiasticall, ecclesiasticalle, from Latin ecclēsiasticus + -al. By surface analysis, ecclesiastic + -al or ecclesiast + -ical.
Words formed from ecclesiastical
Phrases with ecclesiastical
Questions about ecclesiastical
- What does ecclesiastical mean?
- Ecclesiastical means of or pertaining to the church.
- What is ecclesiastical in Malayalam?
- Ecclesiastical in Malayalam is പൗരോഹിത്യപരമായ, ദേവാലയസംബന്ധമായ, പുരോഹിതനെസംബന്ധിച്ച. See Ecclesiastical meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is ecclesiastical?
- Ecclesiastical is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce ecclesiastical?
- Ecclesiastical is pronounced /əˌkli.ziˈæ.stə.kəl/ (Canada).
Words near ecclesiastical in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ecclesiastical (page history and authors); ecclesiastical (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ecclesiastical (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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