ecclesiastical
    adj 1: of or associated with a church (especially a Christian
           Church); "ecclesiastic history" [syn: ecclesiastical,
           ecclesiastic]

Ecclesiastical \Ec*cle`si*as"tic*al\, a. [See Ecclesiastical,
   a.]
   Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization
   or government of the church; not secular; as, ecclesiastical
   affairs or history; ecclesiastical courts.
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         Every circumstance of ecclesiastical order and
         discipline was an abomination.           --Cowper.
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   Ecclesiastical commissioners for England, a permanent
      commission established by Parliament in 1836, to consider
      and report upon the affairs of the Established Church.

   Ecclesiastical courts, courts for maintaining the
      discipline of the Established Church; -- called also
      Christian courts. [Eng.]

   Ecclesiastical law, a combination of civil and canon law as
      administered in ecclesiastical courts. [Eng.]

   Ecclesiastical modes (Mus.), the church modes, or the
      scales anciently used.

   Ecclesiastical States, the territory formerly subject to
      the Pope of Rome as its temporal ruler; -- called also
      States of the Church.
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ECCLESIASTICAL. Belonging to, or set apart for the church; as, distinguished 
from civil or secular. Vide Church.