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Definition: Ecclesiastical |
EcclesiasticalAdjective1. Of or associated with the Christian Church; "ecclesiastic history". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ecclesiastical" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1386. (references) |
Note: Ecclesiastical \Ec*cle`si*as"tic*al\, adjective. [See Ecclesiastical,]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: EcclesiasticalSynonym: ecclesiastic (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Churchdom | Council; conclave, convocation, synod, consistory, chapter, vestry; sanhedrim, conge d'elire; ecclesiastical courts, consistorial court, court of Arches. |
Adjective: ecclesiastical, ecclesiological; clerical, sacerdotal, priestly, prelatical, pastoral, ministerial, capitular, theocratic; hierarchical, archiepiscopal; episcopal, episcopalian; canonical; monastic, monachal; monkish; abbatial, abbatical; Anglican; pontifical, papal, apostolic, Roman, Popish; ultramontane, priest-ridden. | |
Judeo-Christian Revelation | Adjective: scriptural, biblical, sacred, prophetic; evangelical, evangelistic; apostolic, apostolical; inspired, theopneustic, theophneusted, apocalyptic, ecclesiastical, canonical, textuary. |
Legality | Equity, common law; lex, lex nonscripta; law of nations, droit des gens, international law, jus gentium; jus civile; civil law, canon law, crown law, criminal law, statute law, ecclesiastical law, administrative law; lex mercatoria. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Ecclesiastical |
| English words defined with "ecclesiastical": Ecclesiastical law. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ecclesiastical": administrator durante absentia, administrator pendente absentia, ARCHBISHOP, Arms of England ♦ CHOP CHURCHES, Ciric-Sceat, Civil Magistrate ♦ Excommunication ♦ Fish-day ♦ Gargoyle ♦ IMPOSITION, Isidorian Decretals ♦ Misnomers, Monsignor ♦ Nine Crosses ♦ Public-house Signs ♦ Relics, Rota Romana ♦ trial. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "ecclesiastical": Brocard ♦ Ecclesial ♦ Libelant ♦ Pluralist ♦ Somner. (references) |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | A clerk shall not be amerced in respect of his lay holding except after the manner of the others aforesaid; further, he shall not be amerced in accordance with the extent of his ecclesiastical benefice. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | But I thought Hooker alone might be enough to satisfy those men, who relying on him for their ecclesiastical polity, are by a strange fate carried to deny those principles upon which he builds it. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Thailand | In order to be registered, a religious organization first must be accepted into an officially recognized ecclesiastical group. (references) |
Denmark | In withdrawing the application, the Church of Scientology asked the Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs for additional time to respond to reports about Scientology that had appeared in the media. (references) | |
Iceland | The salaries of the 146 ministers in the Lutheran state church are paid directly by the state, and these ministers are considered to be public servants under the Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs. (references) | |
Economic History | The Holy See | The legal system is based on canon, or ecclesiastical, law; if canon law is not applicable, the laws of the city of Rome apply. (references) |
Cyprus | The 165,000 Greek Cypriot refugees are also a potent political force, along with the independent Orthodox Church of Cyprus, which has some influence in temporal as well as ecclesiastical matters. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | EXCOMMUNICATION, n. This "excommunication" is a word In speech ecclesiastical oft heard, And means the damning, with bell, book and candle, Some sinner whose opinions are a scandal -- A rite permitting Satan to enslave him Forever, and forbidding Christ to save him. Gat Huckle |
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James Madison | 1809-1817 | Because experience witnesseth that ecclesiastical establishments, instead of maintaining the purity and efficacy of Religion, have had a contrary operation. |
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| "Ecclesiastical" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.20% of the time. "Ecclesiastical" is used about 775 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 98.2% | 761 | 9,014 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.8% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Total | 100.00% | 775 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "ecclesiastical": ecclesiastical attire ♦ ecclesiastical benefice ♦ ecclesiastical calendar ♦ Ecclesiastical commissioners for England ♦ Ecclesiastical courts ♦ Ecclesiastical law ♦ ecclesiastical mode ♦ Ecclesiastical modes ♦ ecclesiastical robe ♦ Ecclesiastical States. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "ecclesiastical": ecclesiastical-political. | |
Ending with "ecclesiastical": non-ecclesiastical. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ecclesiastical | 14 |
ecclesiastical insurance | 9 |
ecclesiastical magazine uk | 7 |
ecclesiastical latin | 7 |
ecclesiastical heraldry | 5 |
calendar ecclesiastical | 4 |
ecclesiastical law | 2 |
ecclesiastical eusebius history | 2 |
ecclesiastical history mosheim | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ecclesiastical"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | klerikal (clerical, ecclesiastic), kishëtar (ecclesiastic). (various references) | |
Arabic | كنسي (ecclesiastic, spiritual), اكليركي (reverend). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | църковен (ecclesiastic, spiritual). (various references) | |
Chinese | 教士 (Missionaries, missionary). (various references) | |
Czech | duchovní (clergyman, divine, ecclesiastic, intellectual, parson, sacred, spiritual), církevní (religious, spiritual). (various references) | |
Dutch | prove (an ecclesiastical living, benefice), prebende (an ecclesiastical living, benefice), Honorair Ambassaderaad voor kerkelijke aangelegenheden bij de Ambassade van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden bij de Heilige Stoel (Honorary Counsellor for Ecclesiastical Affairs at the Royal Netherlands Embassy to the Holy See), beneficie (an ecclesiastical living, benefice, benefit performance). (various references) | |
Finnish | kirkollinen (church). (various references) | |
French | ecclésiastique (ecclesiastic). (various references) | |
German | kirchlich (Canon, church, churchly, clerical, devout, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastically, religious, sacred), kirchengeistlich. (various references) | |
Greek | εκκλησιαστικόσ (ecclesiastic). (various references) | |
Hungarian | egyházi (churchman, ecclesiastic, parochial, spiritual, to inhibit). (various references) | |
Italian | ecclesiastico (churchman, clergyman, cleric, clerical, ecclesiastic), ecclesiasticale. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 僧綱 (ancient Buddhist ecclesiastical authority), 教権 (ecclesiastical or educational authority). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | そう"う (ancient Buddhist ecclesiastical authority, appearance, composite, coordination, features, integration, priest's religious name, putting together, synthesis), きょうけ" (deference, ecclesiastical or educational authority, humility, mad dog, modesty, power of the state, respectfulness and modesty, robust health, strong throwing arm). (various references) | |
Manx | raue agglish (ecclesiastical edict), clere ny h-agglish (ecclesiastical body). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ecclesiasticalay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | eclesiástico (canonic, canonical, churchman, clergyman, cleric, clerical, clericalist, clerk, ecclesiastic, parson, priest, priestly), clérigo (clergyman, cleric, ecclesiastically, oriole, pastor, priest). (various references) | |
Romanian | spiritual (bright, clever, ecclesiastic, ghostly, humorous, humoursome, immaterial, ingeniously, mental, moral, neat, sacerdotal, sacred, smart, spirited, spiritual, witty), bisericesc (church, churchly, religious). (various references) | |
Russian | духовный (clerical, clerkly, ghostly, inward, moral, noetic, otherworldly, psychic, sacred, spiritual, unworldly). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | crkveni (church, ecclesiastic). (various references) | |
Spanish | eclesiástico (church, churchman, clergyman, cleric, ecclesiastic). (various references) | |
Swedish | ecklesiastisk, kyrko- (sacred), kyrklig (ecclesiastcal, sacred), andlig (immaterial, mental, moral, otherworldly, sacred, spiritual). (various references) | |
Thai | เกี่ยวกับพระในศาสนาคริสต์. (various references) | |
Turkish | kiliseye ait, dini (religious, spiritual). (various references) | |
Turkmen | ruhy (mental, spiritual). (various references) | |
Ukranian | священницький (priestlike, priestly, sacerdotal), церковний (church, ecclesiastic, spiritual), духовний (clerical, ecclesiastic, ghostly, inward, psychic, sacred, spiritual, unworldly). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thầy tu (cloisterer, ecclesiastic, monk, priest, shaveling). (various references) | |
Welsh | eglwysig (church). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ecclesiastical": ecclesiastically. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "ecclesiastical": nonecclesiastical. (additional references) | |
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"Ecclesiastical" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eccesiastical, ecciesiastical, Ecclesiastica, Ecclesiasticae, Ecclesiasticall, ecclesiastici, ecclesiatical, ecclestiastical, eclesiastical. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ecclesiastical" (pronounced iklē'zēa"stikul) |
| 6 | -s t i k u l | acoustical, egotistical, logistical, mystical, statistical, testicle. |
| 5 | -t i k u l | alphabetical, analytical, antithetical, apolitical, astronautical, critical, dialectical, elliptical, fanatical, geopolitical, heretical, hypercritical, hypocritical, identical, mathematical, nonpolitical, optical, pharmaceutical, problematical, sabbatical, tactical, theoretical, uncritical, vertical, viatical. |
| 4 | -i k u l | archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, categorical, cervical, chronological, classical, comical, conical, cubicle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, dermatological, diabolical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, empirical, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, graphical, gynecological, helical, historical, hysterical, icicle, ideological, illogical, immunological, inimical, ironical, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, logical, lyrical, magical, mechanical, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, morphological, musical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nonelectrical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, ontological, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, popsicle, preclinical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, puritanical, rabbinical, radiological, rhetorical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, sociological, spherical, stereotypical, strategical, surgical, symmetrical, technical, technological, teleological, theatrical, theological, topical, toxicological, tricycle, tropical, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uneconomical, unethical, untypical, vehicle, virological, whimsical, zoological. |
| 3 | -k u l | aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, ankle, anthropological, article, barnacle, biblical, bifocal, biochemical, brickle, buckle, cackle, chemical, Chronicle, chuckle, circle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, commonsensical, coracle, cortical, crackle, cuticle, cycle, debacle, diacritical, domical, ducal, encircle, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, follicle, freckle, geophysical, gonococcal, grackle, grammatical, granduncle, hackle, heckle, heterocercal, hierarchical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypothetical, impractical, jackal, knuckle, local, maniacal, matriarchal, medical, meikle, meteorological, methodical, Mickle, miracle, monocle, motorcycle, muckle, mythical, nautical, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, numerical, obstacle, Oracle, oratorical, particle, patriarchal, photochemical, pickle, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, practical, pumpernickel, quizzical, radical, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, receptacle, reciprocal, recycle, ruckle, runkle, satirical, shackle, shekel, sickle, skeptical, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spectacle, sprinkle, stickle, suckle, tabernacle, tackle, tentacle, tickle, tinkle, trickle, twinkle, typical, uncle, unequivocal, unicycle, unshackle, vocal, Winkle, wrinkle. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-c-e-e-i-i-l-l-s-s-t" | |
-2 letters: ecclesiastic. | |
-4 letters: celestials, salacities. | |
-5 letters: ascetical, celestial, classical, ecclesial, eclectics, escalates, sciaticas, silicates. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-c-e-e-i-i-l-l-s-s-t" | |
+2 letters: ecclesiastically. | |
+3 letters: nonecclesiastical. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 63 63 6C 65 73 69 61 73 74 69 63 61 6C |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -.-. -.-. .-.. . ... .. .- ... - .. -.-. .- .-.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01100011 01100011 01101100 01100101 01110011 01101001 01100001 01110011 01110100 01101001 01100011 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E c c l e s i a s t i c a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0063 0063 006C 0065 0073 0069 0061 0073 0074 0069 0063 0061 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3969697871857567858675696778 |
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