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ECCLESIASTICAL

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ec⋅cle⋅si⋅as⋅ti⋅cal

  [i-klee-zee-as-ti-kuhl]
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–adjective
of or pertaining to the church or the clergy; churchly; clerical; not secular.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME; see Ecclesiastes, -ical

Related forms:
ec⋅cle⋅si⋅as⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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ec·cle·si·as·ti·cal   (ĭ-klē'zē-ās'tĭ-kəl)   
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to a church, especially as an organized institution.

  2. Appropriate to a church or to use in a church: ecclesiastical architecture; ecclesiastical robes.

ec·cle'si·as'ti·cal·ly adv.
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