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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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  1. 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.
  2. adj. of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church)
  3. 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.
  4. Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization orgovernment of the church; not secular; as, ecclesiastical affairs orhistory; ecclesiastical courts.Every circumstance of ecclesiastical order and discipline was anabomination. Cowper.Ecclesiastical commissioners for England, a permanent commissionestablished by Parliament in 1836, to consider and report upon theaffairs of the Established Church.-- Ecclesiastical courts, courts for maintaining the discipline ofthe Established Church; -- called also Christian courts. [Eng.] --Ecclesiastical law, a combination of civil and canon law asadministered in ecclesiastical courts. [Eng.] -- Ecclesiastical modes(Mus.), the church modes, or the scales anciently used.-- Ecclesiastical States, the territory formerly subject to the Popeof Rome as its temporal ruler; -- called also States of the Church.
  5. j:100 a. of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church)