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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ecclesiastical \Ec*cle'si*as"tic*al\, adjective [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.
Every circumstance of ecclesiastical order and discipline was an abomination. --Cowper.
{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}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ecclesiastical
adjective: of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church); "ecclesiastic history" [syn: {ecclesiastic}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "ecclesiastical": abbatial, abbatical, apostolic, archiepiscopal, canonical, capitular, capitulary, cathedral-like, cathedralesque, church, churchish, churchlike, churchly, clerical, ecclesiastic, episcopal, episcopalian, evangelistic, ministerial, pantheonic, papal, pastoral, patriarchal, pontifical, prelatial, prelatic, priest-ridden, priestish, priestly, rabbinic, sacerdotal, spiritual, synagogal, synagogical, tabernacular, templelike, theological, ultramontane
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