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| | Ecclesia | ‖n.; pl. Ecclesiæ [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) The public legislative assembly of the Athenians. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Eccl.) A church, either as a body or as a building. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Ecclesial | a. Ecclesiastical. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Ecclesiarch | n. [ LL. ecclesiarcha, fr. Gr. &unr_; church + &unr_; to rule: cf. F. ecclésiarque. ] An official of the Eastern Church, resembling a sacrist in the Western Church. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Ecclesiast | n. 1. An ecclesiastic. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The Apocryphal book of Ecclesiasticus. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] | | Ecclesiastes | n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; a preacher. See Ecclesiastic, a. ] One of the canonical books of the Old Testament. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Ecclesiastic | a. [ L. ecclesiasticus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; an assembly of citizens called out by the crier; also, the church, fr. &unr_; called out, fr. &unr_; to call out; 'ek out + &unr_; to call. See Ex-, and Hale, v. t., Haul. ] Of or pertaining to the church. See Ecclesiastical. “Ecclesiastic government.” Swift. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Ecclesiastic | n. A person in holy orders, or consecrated to the service of the church and the ministry of religion; a clergyman; a priest. [ 1913 Webster ] From a humble ecclesiastic, he was subsequently preferred to the highest dignities of the church. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Ecclesiastical | 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 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 ]
| | Ecclesiastically | adv. In an ecclesiastical manner; according ecclesiastical rules. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Ecclesiasticism | n. Strong attachment to ecclesiastical usages, forms, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | ecclesiastes | (n) an Old Testament book consisting of reflections on the vanity of human life; is traditionally attributed to Solomon but probably was written about 250 BC, Syn. Book of Ecclesiastes | | ecclesiastical | (adj) of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church), Syn. ecclesiastic, Example: ecclesiastic history | | ecclesiastical attire | (n) attire that is appropriate to wear in a church, Syn. ecclesiastical robe | | ecclesiastically | (adv) in an ecclesiastic manner, Example: the candidate was ecclesiastically endorsed | | ecclesiastical mode | (n) any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until 1600; derived historically from the Greek mode, Syn. medieval mode, Gregorian mode, church mode | | ecclesiastical province | (n) the district within the jurisdiction of an archbishop or a metropolitan or one of the territorial divisions of an ecclesiastical order, Example: the general of the Jesuits has several provinces under him | | ecclesiasticism | (n) excessive adherence to ecclesiastical forms and activities, Example: their ecclesiasticism overwhelmed their religion | | ecclesiasticism | (n) religion appropriate to a church and to ecclesiastical principles and practices |
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