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ecclesiastical laws

ecclesiastical laws is the plural of ecclesiastical law.

Meaning of ecclesiastical law

Noun

ecclesiastical law (countable and uncountable, plural ecclesiastical laws)

  1. The body of legal rules and regulations derived from canon and civil law, and enforced by a religious institution, governing the internal affairs, doctrine, and discipline of a Christian church.

Questions about ecclesiastical laws

What is ecclesiastical laws the plural of?
Ecclesiastical laws is the plural of ecclesiastical law.

Words near ecclesiastical laws in the dictionary

  1. Ecclesiastes
  2. ecclesiastic
  3. ecclesiastical
  4. Ecclesiastical Latin
  5. ecclesiastical law
  6. ecclesiastical laws
  7. Ecclesiastical State
  8. Ecclesiastical States
  9. ecclesiasticall
  10. ecclesiastically
  11. ecclesiasticism

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