Ecclesiastical State
Ecclesiastical State proper noun: the Papal States.
Proper noun
the Ecclesiastical State (plural Ecclesiastical States)
- The Papal States.
- And although in March, Captaine George Fransperg was taken with a fit of an Apoplexie, which caused his death, yet because the army was entred into the Ecclesiasticall State, and still marched forward, the Pope in the end of the moneth, resolued to come to an accord […]1629 [1619], Paolo Sarpi, translated by Nathaniel Brent, The Historie of the Councel of Trent […], London: Bonham Norton and John Bill, →OCLC, book 1, paragraph 97, page 43
- They solicited the aid of the miscreant Saracens, invaded the ecclesiastical State, entered the city, profaned the churches, extorted an oath of fidelity from the Romans, and dared to imprison the successor of St. Peter.1789–92 (date written), Edward Gibbon, Antiquities of the House of Brunswick, published 1814, pages 26–27
Forms of Ecclesiastical State
| plural | Ecclesiastical States |
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Questions about Ecclesiastical State
- What does Ecclesiastical State mean?
- Ecclesiastical State means the Papal States.
- What part of speech is Ecclesiastical State?
- Ecclesiastical State is a proper noun.
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