Entry Word: ecclesiastical

Function: adjective

Meaning:

or ecclesiastic

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

Synonyms churchly

Related Words divine, holy, religious, sacramental; apostolic, canonical, clerical, episcopal, evangelical, ministerial, papal, pastoral, patriarchal, pontifical, priestly, rabbinical, sacerdotal

Near Antonyms lay, profane, secular, temporal