ecclesiastical — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to the church.

   Synonyms

   churchicalchurchlikechurchlyecclesial

   Related words

   Ecclesiastes

   Examples

   ecclesiastical architecture

   More examples (1)

   Sodomy had always been an ecclesiastical offense. The Statute of 1533 (25 Henry VIII, c. 6) made it a felony; and Pollock and Maitland consider that this "affords an almost sufficient proof that the temporal courts had not punished it, and that no one had been put to death for it, for a very long time past."

Adjective

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

   Synonyms

   ecclesiastic

   Examples

   ecclesiastic history