So, here are, for your Christmas Eve pleasure, 20 of my favorites, 10 from the ecclesiastical section and 10 lay people. Everything ecclesiastical has to do with the Christian church. An ecclesiastical office is the office in a church, and the habit of a nun is the ecclesiastical garment. A hat with a propeller at the top is not. It seems that Bush is simply stabing landscapes and ecclesiastical architecture. Literary history aside (or damn it), these anti-establishment and anti-church fables are pure pure amusement. State of the Archdiocese of Manila with respect to the affairs of ecclesiastical and secular government. belong or belong to the Church; with respect to the organization or governance of the Church; not secular; such as ecclesiastical affairs or history; Ecclesiastical tribunals These sample phrases are automatically selected from various online information sources to reflect the current use of the word “ecclesiastical.” The views expressed in the examples do not represent the views of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us your feedback. The Archbishop of Manila sent the king (July 30, 1621) a report on ecclesiastical and other questions in his diocese. He told reporters last weekend that the pope would “confront, condemn and punish these crimes according to ecclesiastical rules.” Clergymen who otherwise like less obscure terms, however, are liberal in their sermons toward those they find in church writers. Jonathan Swift. Is discipline an ecclesiastical or civil matter? If it is an ecclesiastical church, it must necessarily belong to the duty of the minister.
Richard Hooker, foreword. If I had had the slightest fear that the Constitution drawn up by the Convention, over which I had the honour to preside, would endanger the religious rights of an ecclesial society, I would certainly never have signed it. Pastor Schaefer is part of a long tradition of civil disobedience, or in this case disobedience to the church. Johannes Alfons Turretini died; Professor of Church History in Geneva, rewarded for his erudition. Ecclesiastical matters concern Christian churches or the clergy. Church pews, Bible readings and stained glass windows are part of the church world. The ecclesiastical hierarchy is the hierarchical order of the clergy, and the high-ranking clergy are considered ecclesiastical authorities. The secular is the opposite of the ecclesiastical. Visit of the ecclesiastical Cabildo, the clergy of Manila and the province of Pampanga. Thesaurus: All synonyms and antonyms for ecclesiastics Although he was Duke of Saint-Cloud by birth, he preferred the ecclesiastical state to political distinction.
See the full definition of ecclesiastical in the English Language Learners Dictionary It is painful for me to feel the serious damage done to the reputation of bishops in ecclesiastical and secular perception, which is perhaps even the lowest. I feel that I have made Cardinal Reinhard Marx personally guilty and responsible by keeping silent about neglecting to act and focusing too much on the reputation of the Church. Middle English ecclesiastic, from Late Latin ecclēsiasticus “of the Christian church” + Middle English -all -al Entry 1 — more under ecclesiastical entry 1 of or related to a church (especially a Christian church) A man of the Church of England has a real reverence for the ecclesiastical plan of government established among us. Jonathan Swift.