Meaning

1 senses
  1. Of or pertaining to the church.

    ecclesiastical architecture

    kirchlich, geistlich, sakral

    церко́вныйcerkóvnyj

    церко́внийcerkóvnyj

    of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church)

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Any restoration will have to consider the artistic and ecclesiastical heritage of Notre Dame.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
pertaining to the church:
Русский
By meaning 1
pertaining to the church:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
pertaining to the church:

Origin

From Middle English ecclesiasticall, ecclesiasticalle, from Latin ecclēsiasticus + -al. By

From Middle English ecclesiasticall, ecclesiasticalle, from Latin ecclēsiasticus + -al. By surface analysis, ecclesiastic + -al or ecclesiast + -ical.

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Forms

more ecclesiastical, most ecclesiastical

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church):ecclesiastic

Antonyms

7 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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