ecclesiastical

ecclesiastical

adjective

Definition of ECCLESIASTICAL

of or relating to a church <ecclesiastical laws that have been in existence for centuries>

Synonyms churchly, ecclesial, ecclesiastic

Related Words blessed (also blest), consecrated, divine, hallowed, holy, religious, sacramental, sacred, sacrosanct, sanctified; apostolic, canonical, clerical, episcopal, evangelical (also evangelic), ministerial, papal, pastoral, patriarchal, pontifical, priestly, rabbinic (or rabbinical), sacerdotal

Near Antonyms lay, profane, secular, temporal; nonclerical; nondenominational, nonsectarian

Antonyms nonchurch, nonecclesiastical