| 单词 | ecclesiastical |
| 释义 | ecclesiastical (once / 430 pages) adj Anything ecclesiastical is related to the Christian church. An ecclesiastical office is the office at a church, and a nun’s habit is ecclesiastical dress. A hat with a propeller on top is not. Ecclesiastical things have to do with Christian churches or the clergy. Pews, readings from the Bible, and stained glass windows are all part of the ecclesiastical world. The ecclesiastical hierarchy is the pecking order of the clergy. If a politician gets support from a church, that's an ecclesiastical endorsement. If you believe in the separation of church and state, you definitely don't want ecclesiastical teachings to inform the way laws are made. Secular is the opposite of ecclesiastical. WORD FAMILYecclesiastic: ecclesiastical, ecclesiastically, ecclesiasticism, ecclesiastics+/ecclesiasticism: ecclesiasticisms USAGE EXAMPLESHe lives in Lambeth Palace, surrounded by priceless artefacts and can legitimately claim to be the ecclesiastical leader of more than 85 million pilgrims. BBC(Dec 01, 2016) It was this fear that, across decades, sparked the peculiar ruthlessness of his ecclesiastical boundary protection. The New Yorker(Nov 15, 2016) This is no ecclesiastical procedural: Law’s character wakes up as Pope, preparing to face the faithful in St Peter’s Square. The Guardian(Oct 26, 2016) adj of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church) Syn ecclesiastic |
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