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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjective
1: of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church); "ecclesiastic history" [syn: {ecclesiastical}, {ecclesiastic}]
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