Associations to the word «Ecclesiastical»

Wiktionary

ECCLESIASTICAL, adjective. Of or pertaining to the church
ECCLESIASTICAL LATIN, proper noun. The Latin language as spoken, written, and used in the Christian church and in church services.

Dictionary definition

ECCLESIASTICAL, adjective. Of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church); "ecclesiastic history".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats