Ecclesiastical
Translation- Ecclesiastical
- Ecclesiastical 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.
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Every circumstance of ecclesiastical order and discipline was an abomination. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
{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}. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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ecclesiastical — 1> духовный, церковный, относящийся к церкви; Ex: ecclesiastical courts церковные суды; Ex: ecclesiastical law церковное право; Ex: ecclesiastical judge судья церковного суда; Ex: ecclesiastical modes муз. церковные лады 2> священнический,… … Новый большой англо-русский словарь
ecclesiastical — adj. духовный; церковный … Англо-русский словарь Мюллера
ecclesiastical — прил.. пол. духовный, церковный, относящийся к церкви ecclesiastical courts церковные суды ecclesiastical law церковное право ecclesiastical judge судья… … Англо-русский экономический словарь
ecclesiastical — adjective /əˌkliziˈæstəkəl,əˈkliːz.iˌæstɪk.əl/ Of or pertaining to the church; as, ecclesiastical architecture. Syn: ecclesiastic See Also: antiecclesiastical, nonecclesiastical … Wiktionary
ecclesiastical — ɪˌkli:zɪˈæstɪkəl прил. духовный, церковный Syn : church духовный, церковный, относящийся к церкви; * courts церковные суды; * law церковное право; * judge судья церковного суда; * … Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь
ecclesiastical — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin ecclesiasticus, from Late Greek ekklēsiastikos, from Greek, of an assembly of citizens, from ekklēsiastēs Date: 15th century 1. of or relating to a church especially as an established… … New Collegiate Dictionary
ecclesiastical — ecclesiastically, adv. /i klee zee as ti keuhl/, adj. of or pertaining to the church or the clergy; churchly; clerical; not secular. [1375 1425; late ME; see ECCLESIASTES, ICAL] * * * … Universalium
Ecclesiastical history (Catholicism) — Ecclesiastical history, for the Roman Catholic Church, is the history of the Roman Catholic Church as an institution, written from a particular perspective. There is a traditional approach to such historiography. The generally identified starting … Wikipedia
Ecclesiastical Courts — Ecclesiastical Courts † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Courts I. JUDICIAL POWER IN THE CHURCH In instituting the Church as a perfect society, distinct from the civil power and entirely independent of it … Catholic encyclopedia
Ecclesiastical jurisdiction — in its primary sense does not signify jurisdiction over ecclesiastics ( church leadership ), but jurisdiction exercised by church leaders over other leaders and over the laity. Jurisdiction is a word borrowed from the legal system which has… … Wikipedia