ecclesiastical has definitions from the field of Christianity
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[ adjective ] (Christianity) of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church)

Synonyms

ecclesiastic

Examples

"ecclesiastic history"

Used in print

(Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)

Moreover , for those few there was almost no ecclesiastical representation in the city to care for their religious needs .

(J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)

Indeed , it is even surprising in the Canon of Christ_Church and Regius_Professor of Ecclesiastical History , who fathered this most peculiar view , and in the brilliant Professor of Medieval and Renaissance_English at Cambridge , who inherited it and is now its most eminent proponent .

Related terms

church church

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