Ecclesiastical Meaning
/əˌkli.ziˈæ.stə.kəl/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjOf or pertaining to the church.
Sentence Examples
Any restoration will have to consider the artistic and ecclesiastical heritage of Notre Dame.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ council debated the new doctrine for the cathedral's liturgy.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Any restoration will have to consider the artistic and ____ heritage of Notre Dame.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English ecclesiasticall, ecclesiasticalle, from Latin ecclēsiasticus + -al. By surface analysis, ecclesiastic + -al or ecclesiast + -ical.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Sodomy had always been an ecclesiastical offense. The Statute of 1533 (25 Henry VIII, c. 6) made it a felony; and Pollock and Maitland consider that this "affords an almost sufficient proof that the temporal courts had not punished it, and that no one had been put to death for it, for a very long time past.""
— 1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6):
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ council debated the new doctrine for the cathedral's liturgy.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Any restoration will have to consider the artistic and ____ heritage of Notre Dame.