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Church :: Church (n.) A body of Christian believers, holding the same creed, observing the same rites, and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority; a denomination; as, the Roman Catholic church; the Presbyterian church..

Censure :: Censure (v. i.) To condemn or reprimand by a judicial or ecclesiastical sentence.

Convocation :: Convocation (n.) An assembly of the clergy, by their representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs..

Abbe :: Abbe (n.) The French word answering to the English abbot, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress..

Ecclesiast :: Ecclesiast (n.) The Apocryphal book of Ecclesiasticus.

Tammuz :: Tammuz (n.) The fourth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, -- supposed to correspond nearly with our month of July..

Consociation :: Consociation (n.) A voluntary and permanent council or union of neighboring Congregational churches, for mutual advice and cooperation in ecclesiastical matters; a meeting of pastors and delegates from churches thus united..

Placet :: Placet (n.) A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, of an ecclesiastical council, etc..

Polemics :: Polemics (n.) The art or practice of disputation or controversy, especially on religious subjects; that branch of theological science which pertains to the history or conduct of ecclesiastical controversy..

Seraph :: Seraph (n.) One of an order of celestial beings, each having three pairs of wings. In ecclesiastical art and in poetry, a seraph is represented as one of a class of angels..

Barret :: Barret (n.) A kind of cap formerly worn by soldiers; -- called also barret cap. Also, the flat cap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics..

Rota :: Rota (n.) An ecclesiastical court of Rome, called also Rota Romana, that takes cognizance of suits by appeal. It consists of twelve members..

Convention :: Convention (v. i.) A meeting or an assembly of persons, esp. of delegates or representatives, to accomplish some specific object, -- civil, social, political, or ecclesiastical..

Conciliable :: Conciliable (n.) A small or private assembly, especially of an ecclesiastical nature..

Synodal :: Synodal (n.) A tribute in money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest, now made to the ecclesiastical commissioners; a procuration..

Temporality :: Temporality (n.) That which pertains to temporal welfare; material interests; especially, the revenue of an ecclesiastic proceeding from lands, tenements, or lay fees, tithes, and the like; -- chiefly used in the plural..

Spiritualization :: Spirituality (n.) An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality..

Provide :: Provide (v. t.) To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See Provisor.

Proctor :: Proctor (n.) An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor in equity..

Decretal :: Decretal (a.) An authoritative order or decree; especially, a letter of the pope, determining some point or question in ecclesiastical law. The decretals form the second part of the canon law..

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