ecclesiastical
adjective
ec·cle·si·as·ti·cal
i-ˌklē-zē-ˈa-sti-kəl 
e-ˌklē-
1
: of or relating to a church especially as an established institution
2
: suitable for use in a church
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ecclesiastical laws that have been in existence for centuries
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That changed with ecclesiastical reforms introduced under Pope Gregory X, who mandated a minimum 10-day waiting period to allow time for prayer and reflection—and for distant cardinals to travel to Rome.
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Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Despite the fact that nobody present has any interest in ecclesiastical architecture, the meetings are hot with petty slights, indignant stares, fragile alliances and hostile incursions.
—New York Times, 3 May 2025
In the days since Pope Francis’s death on Easter Monday, amid the mourning, marveling at the ecclesiastical opulence, and the reveling in what felt like the Catholic Super Bowl, the divine mystique of the whole affair has drawn the world in.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 12 May 2025
Fox taught that the Inner Light emancipates a person from adherence to any creed, ecclesiastical authority or ritual forms.
—Arkansas Online, 11 May 2025
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Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Despite the fact that nobody present has any interest in ecclesiastical architecture, the meetings are hot with petty slights, indignant stares, fragile alliances and hostile incursions.
—New York Times, 3 May 2025
In the days since Pope Francis’s death on Easter Monday, amid the mourning, marveling at the ecclesiastical opulence, and the reveling in what felt like the Catholic Super Bowl, the divine mystique of the whole affair has drawn the world in.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 12 May 2025
Fox taught that the Inner Light emancipates a person from adherence to any creed, ecclesiastical authority or ritual forms.
—Arkansas Online, 11 May 2025
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“Ecclesiastical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ecclesiastical. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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ecclesiastical
adjective
ec·cle·si·as·ti·cal
ik-ˌlē-zē-ˈas-ti-kəl
e-ˌklē-
variants
or ecclesiastic
-tik
: of or relating to a church
ecclesiastical history
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