ecclesiastical : Idioms & Phrases
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ecclesiastical attire
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noun attire that is appropriate to wear in a church
ecclesiastical attire.
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ecclesiastical benefice
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noun an endowed church office giving income to its holder
benefice.
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ecclesiastical calendar
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noun a calendar of the Christian year indicating the dates of fasts and festivals
church calendar.
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Ecclesiastical commissioners for England
- a permanent commission established by Parliament in 1836, to consider and report upon the affairs of the Established Church.
Webster 1913
Ecclesiastical courts
- courts for maintaining the discipline of the Established Church; called also
Christian courts . Eng.
Webster 1913
Ecclesiastical law
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noun the body of codified laws governing the affairs of a Christian church
canon law.
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- a combination of civil and canon law as administered in ecclesiastical courts. Eng.
Webster 1913
ecclesiastical mode
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noun any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until 1600; derived historically from the Greek mode
medieval mode; Gregorian mode; church mode; ecclesiastical mode.
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Ecclesiastical modes
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noun any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until 1600; derived historically from the Greek mode
medieval mode; Gregorian mode; church mode; ecclesiastical mode.
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(Mus.) , the church modes, or the scales anciently used.
Webster 1913
ecclesiastical province
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noun the district within the jurisdiction of an archbishop or a metropolitan or one of the territorial divisions of an ecclesiastical order
- the general of the Jesuits has several provinces under him
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ecclesiastical robe
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noun attire that is appropriate to wear in a church
ecclesiastical attire.
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Ecclesiastical States
- the territory formerly subject to the Pope of Rome as its temporal ruler; called also
States of the Church .and Papal States.