Ecclesiastical Synonyms

ĭ-klēzē-ăstĭ-kəl
Of or relating to a church or to an established religion
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. ecclesiastic
  2. church
  3. churchly
  4. religious
  5. spiritual
Concerning the clergy
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. clerical
  2. ministerial

Words Related to Ecclesiastical

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Ecclesiastical Sentence Examples

  • It was regarded as a model of ecclesiastical, patriotic eloquence.

  • As one of the three principal systems of ecclesiastical polity known to the Christian Church, Presbyterianism occupies an intermediate position between episcopacy and congregationalism.

  • Educated at the neighbouring Benedictine abbey of Cerne and at Balliol College, Oxford, he graduated in law, and followed that profession in the ecclesiastical courts in London, where he attracted the notice of Archbishop Bourchier.

  • In the 4th century Basil, when bishop, established an ecclesiastical centre on the plain, about 1 m.

  • Protestants were granted full civil rights and protection, and were permitted to hold their ecclesiastical assemblies - consistories, colloquies and synods, 1 Lindsay, Hist.

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