ecclesiastical en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /əˌkli.ziˈæ.stə.kəl/ (Canada)
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- /əˈkliː.ziˌæ.stɪ.kəl/ (UK)
Etymology
From Middle English ecclesiasticall, ecclesiasticalle, from Latin ecclēsiasticus + -al. By surface analysis, ecclesiastic + -al or ecclesiast + -ical.
Meanings
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Of or pertaining to the church.
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):ecclesiastical architecture
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most ecclesiastical | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| ecclesiasticall | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| more ecclesiastical | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
unchurchly · antiecclesiastical · nonecclesiastic · nonecclesiastical · unecclesiastical · nonchurchly · unchurchlike
Deriveds
ecclesiastical law · Ecclesiastical Latin · Ecclesiastical State · unecclesiastical
Relateds
sanctified · Ecclesiastes · clerical
Synonyms
ecclesial · churchical · churchlike · churchly · churchy · ecclesiastical · ecclesiastic · churchical · churchish · ecclesial · churchly · churchlike · ecclesiastic
Translations (53)
nb ekklesiastisk (pertaining to the church) · la ecclēsiasticus (pertaining to the church) · ar كَنْسِيّ (pertaining to the church) · eo eklezia (pertaining to the church) · ru церко́вный (pertaining to the church) · ga eaglasta (pertaining to the church) · sv ecklesiastik (pertaining to the church) · hu egyházi (pertaining to the church) · gl eclesiástico (pertaining to the church) · nb kirkelig (pertaining to the church) · ang ċiriclīċ (pertaining to the church) · es eclesiástico (pertaining to the church) · ro bisericesc (pertaining to the church) · ast eclesiásticu (pertaining to the church) · da gejstlig (pertaining to the church) · id gerejawi (pertaining to the church) · es eclesial (pertaining to the church) · vi (thuộc) giáo hội (pertaining to the church) · de geistlich (pertaining to the church) · sv kyrklig (pertaining to the church) · fr ecclésiastique (pertaining to the church) · el εκκλησιαστικός (pertaining to the church) · pt eclesial (pertaining to the church) · bg църковен (pertaining to the church) · ca eclesiàstic (pertaining to the church) · be царко́ўны (pertaining to the church) · nn kyrkjeleg (pertaining to the church) · id gerejani (pertaining to the church) · uk церко́вний (pertaining to the church) · hy եկեղեցական (pertaining to the church) · mk цр́ковен (pertaining to the church) · gv agglishagh (pertaining to the church) · it ecclesiastico (pertaining to the church) · sq kishtar (pertaining to the church) · ro ecleziastic (pertaining to the church) · pl kościelny (pertaining to the church) · fi kirkollinen (pertaining to the church) · nn ekklesiastisk (pertaining to the church) · sk cirkevný (pertaining to the church) · kk шіркеулік (pertaining to the church) · de kirchlich (pertaining to the church) · nl ecclesiastisch (pertaining to the church) · pt eclesiástico (pertaining to the church) · bg свещенически (pertaining to the church) · nl kerkelijk (pertaining to the church) · de sakral (pertaining to the church) · da kirke- (pertaining to the church) · is kirkjulegur (pertaining to the church) · sw kikanisa (pertaining to the church) · cs církevní (pertaining to the church) · pl eklezjalny (pertaining to the church) · gd eaglaiseil (pertaining to the church) · de Sakral- (pertaining to the church)