Ecclesiastical
71ecclesiastical modes — A set of modes that have the same names as Greek modes but do not correspond to them (see authentic and plagal) ● mode …
72Ecclesiastical heraldry — Coat of arms of Cardinal Agostino Bausa in the courtyard of the archiepiscopal palace of Florence Ecclesiastical heraldry is the tradition of heraldry developed by Christian clergy. Initially used to mark documents, ecclesiastical heraldry… …
73Ecclesiastical court — An ecclesiastical court (also called Court Christian or Court Spiritual ) is any of certain courts having jurisdiction mainly in spiritual or religious matters. In the Middle Ages in many areas of Europe these courts had much wider powers than… …
74Ecclesiastical province — An ecclesiastical province (or churchly province) is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church (both Latin and …
75Ecclesiastical Judge — An Ecclesiastical Judge (in Latin Judex or Iudex Ecclesiasticus ) is an ecclesiastical person who possesses ecclesiastical jurisdiction either in general or in the strict sense. Catholic canon lawThe official body appointed by the qualified… …
76ecclesiastical court — a church court in ecclesiastical matters, presided over by members of the clergy and usually having no compulsory jurisdiction. Also called court Christian. [1675 85] * * * tribunal set up by religious authorities to deal with disputes… …
77Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario — The Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario is one of the Anglican Church of Canada s four ecclesiastical provinces. It was established in 1912 out of six dioceses of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada located in the civil Province of Ontario, and… …
78Ecclesiastical new moon — An ecclesiastical new moon is the first day of a schematic lunar month in a computus. Such months have a variable number of whole days, 29 or 30, whereas true synodic months can vary from about 29.27 to 29.83 days in length. Medieval authors… …
79Ecclesiastical provinces of the Anglican Church of Canada — The Anglican Church of Canada is divided into four ecclesiastical provinces, each under the jurisdiction of a provincial synod and a metropolitan, who is elected from among the bishops of the province. The first ecclesiastical province mdash;… …
80Ecclesiastical Law Society — The Ecclesiastical Law Society is an organization based in the United Kingdom that exists to promote the study of ecclesiastical and canon law particularly in the Church of England and those churches in communion with it. [… …
