ecclesiastical

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Of or pertaining to the church.

   Ecclesiastical architecture.

2. 2
   adj

   of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church)

Common collocations

• ecclesiastical benefice Adjective + noun
• ecclesiastical province Adjective + noun

From Middle English ecclesiasticall, ecclesiasticalle, from Latin ecclēsiasticus + -al. By surface analysis, ecclesiastic + -al or ecclesiast + -ical.

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