Ecclesiastical

What do we mean by ecclesiastical?

Of or relating to a church, especially as an organized institution. adjective

Appropriate to a church or to use in a church. adjective

Pertaining or relating to the church; churchly; not civil or secular: as, ecclesiastical discipline or government; ecclesiastical affairs, history, or polity; ecclesiastical courts. Sometimes abbreviated eccl., eccles.

A standing commission in England, created by Parliament in the early part of the nineteenth century, invested with important powers for the reform of the established church. Its plans have to be submitted, after due notice to persons interested, to the sovereign in council, and be ratified by orders in council; but after ratification and due publication they have the same effect as acts of Parliament.

A fictitious month used in determining the date of Easter. It is made purposely to depart from the natural month, to avoid the possibility of a coincidence of Easter with the Jewish Passover.

Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization or government of the church; not secular adjective

A permanent commission established by Parliament in 1836, to consider and report upon the affairs of the Established Church. adjective

Courts for maintaining the discipline of the Established Church; -- called also Christian courts. adjective

A combination of civil and canon law as administered in ecclesiastical courts. adjective

The church modes, or the scales anciently used. adjective

The territory formerly subject to the Pope of Rome as its temporal ruler; -- called also States of the Church. adjective

Of or pertaining to the church adjective

Of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church) adjective

Of or pertaining to the church.

Pertaining to clergy and/or church Urban Dictionary

Adj. To wash ones titties Urban Dictionary

A book in the Bible written by a philosopher who could not understand God's plan. Trapped in his own thoughts he came to the conclusion that life is useless and what we do is useless. "Generations come and go but the world stays the same. The sun still rises in the east, and sets in the west. All the rivers flow to the sea, only to be swept up and start the dreary process all over again. It is useless I say useless." - Ecclesiastes. Urban Dictionary

A relatively new term referring to the word used twice in exclamation in the first verse of the book with the same name. Urban Dictionary

The view that African American churches attempt to prevent women from achieving status in the church higher than men. Also, includes the interpretation of the Bible to have women serve subservient roles in relationships with men. Used frequently during BET's Hip Hop vs. America II part two while speaking of misogyny in our current black culture. Urban Dictionary

Noun. A public rebuke by the Pope or a bishop of a disobedient churchman or group, sometimes, but not always involving an excommunication. The act is primarily medicinal, in that it seeks to bring about the return of the errant party to orthodoxy, rather than simply to shun them. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to ecclesiastical:
ecclesiastical, ecclesiastic, ecclesiasticus, ecclesiastics, ecclesiastico.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word ecclesiastical:
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Words that rhyme with ecclesiastical:
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Words that sound like ecclesiastical:
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