ecclesiastical
pronunciation
How to pronounce ecclesiastical in British English:
UK [ɪˌkli:ziˈæstɪkl]
How to pronounce ecclesiastical in American English:
US [ɪˌkliziˈæstɪkəl]
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- Adjective:
- of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church)
Word Origin
- ecclesiastical
- ecclesiastical: [15] In classical Greek, an ekklēsíā was an ‘assembly’ (the word was derived from ekkalein, a compound verb formed from the prefix ek- ‘out’ and kallein ‘call’). With the introduction of Christianity, it was adopted as the term for ‘church’, and an ekklēsiastés, originally ‘someone who addressed an assembly’, became a ‘preacher’ or ‘priest’. The derived adjective, ekklēsiastikos, passed into English via either French or Latin.
- ecclesiastical (adj.)
- early 15c., from ecclesiastic + -al (1). Related: Ecclesiastically.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession .
- 2. To grant an ecclesiastical indulgence or dispensation to .
- 3. That is as true in the ecclesiastical arena as in the political .
- 4. But government plans to let same-sex couples not only marry but marry in church , detailed on december 11th , have startled the ecclesiastical horses and divided the already fissiparous conservatives .
- 5. The charters granted the royal privilege of minting coins to an ecclesiastical institution in saxony .