"ecclesiastical" meaning in English

See ecclesiastical in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /əˌkli.ziˈæ.stə.kəl/ [Canada], /əˈkliː.ziˌæ.stɪ.kəl/ [UK] Audio: en-ca-synth-ecclesiastical.ogg [Canada], En-uk-ecclesiastical.ogg [UK] Forms: more ecclesiastical [comparative], most ecclesiastical [superlative]
Etymology: ecclesiastic + -al Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*kelh₁-}}, {{suffix|en|ecclesiastic|al}} ecclesiastic + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} ecclesiastical (comparative more ecclesiastical, superlative most ecclesiastical)
  1. Of or pertaining to the church. Synonyms: churchical, churchlike, churchly, ecclesiastic [uncommon], ecclesiasticall [obsolete] Derived forms: Ecclesiastical Latin, Ecclesiastical State Related terms: Ecclesiastes Translations (pertaining to the church): kishtar (Albanian), كَنْسِيّ (kansiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), եկեղեցական (ekeġecʿakan) (Armenian), eclesiásticu (Asturian), царко́ўны (carkóŭny) (Belarusian), eclesiàstic (Catalan), církevní (Czech), ecclesiastisch (Dutch), kerkelijk (Dutch), eklezia (Esperanto), kirkollinen (Finnish), ecclésiastique (French), eclesiástico (Galician), kirchlich (German), sakral (German), Sakral- (German), εκκλησιαστικός (ekklisiastikós) [masculine] (Greek), egyházi (Hungarian), eaglasta (Irish), ecclesiastico (Italian), ecclēsiasticus [masculine] (Latin), agglishagh (Manx), ekklesiastisk (Norwegian Bokmål), kirkelig (Norwegian Bokmål), ċiriclīċ (Old English), kościelny (Polish), eklezjalny (Polish), eclesiástico (Portuguese), eclesial (Portuguese), ecleziastic (Romanian), bisericesc (Romanian), церко́вный (cerkóvnyj) (Russian), eaglaiseil (Scottish Gaelic), cirkevný (Slovak), eclesiástico (Spanish), kyrklig (Swedish), ecklesiastik [dated, rare] (Swedish), церко́вний (cerkóvnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-ecclesiastical-en-adj-qzrWG0yI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al

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          "sense": "pertaining to the church",
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          "sense": "pertaining to the church",
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          "sense": "pertaining to the church",
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          "sense": "pertaining to the church",
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          "sense": "pertaining to the church",
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          "sense": "pertaining to the church",
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          "lang": "German",
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          "sense": "pertaining to the church",
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      "sense": "pertaining to the church",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pertaining to the church",
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      "sense": "pertaining to the church",
      "word": "eclesiástico"
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      "sense": "pertaining to the church",
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      "sense": "pertaining to the church",
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "pertaining to the church",
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "cerkóvnyj",
      "sense": "pertaining to the church",
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      "sense": "pertaining to the church",
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      "sense": "pertaining to the church",
      "word": "cirkevný"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pertaining to the church",
      "word": "eclesiástico"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "pertaining to the church",
      "word": "kyrklig"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "pertaining to the church",
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "cerkóvnyj",
      "sense": "pertaining to the church",
      "word": "церко́вний"
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  "word": "ecclesiastical"
}

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