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Of or pertaining to the church.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
ecclesiastical architecture
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: churchical, churchlike, churchly, ecclesial, ecclesiastic
Antonyms: none provided
of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ecclesiastic
Antonyms: none provided
From Middle English ecclesiasticall, ecclesiasticalle, from Latin ecclēsiasticus + -al. By surface analysis, ecclesiastic + -al or ecclesiast + -ical.
Across languages
Translations
53 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian :
kishtar
— pertaining to the church
Arabic :
كَنْسِيّ
(kansiyy)
— pertaining to the church
Armenian :
եկեղեցական
(ekeġecʻakan)
— pertaining to the church
Asturian :
eclesiásticu
— pertaining to the church
Belarusian :
царко́ўны
(carkówny)
— pertaining to the church
Bulgarian :
църковен
(cǎrkoven)
— pertaining to the church
Bulgarian :
свещенически
(svešteničeski)
— pertaining to the church
Catalan :
eclesiàstic
— pertaining to the church
Czech :
církevní
— pertaining to the church
Danish :
gejstlig
— pertaining to the church
Danish :
kirke-
— pertaining to the church
Dutch :
ecclesiastisch
— pertaining to the church
Dutch :
kerkelijk
— pertaining to the church
Esperanto :
eklezia
— pertaining to the church
Finnish :
kirkollinen
— pertaining to the church
French :
ecclésiastique
— pertaining to the church
Galician :
eclesiástico
— pertaining to the church
German :
kirchlich
— pertaining to the church
German :
geistlich
— pertaining to the church
German :
sakral
— pertaining to the church
German :
Sakral-
— pertaining to the church
Greek :
εκκλησιαστικός
(ekklisiastikós)
— pertaining to the church
Hungarian :
egyházi
— pertaining to the church
Icelandic :
kirkjulegur
— pertaining to the church
Indonesian :
gerejani
— pertaining to the church
Indonesian :
gerejawi
— pertaining to the church
Irish :
eaglasta
— pertaining to the church
Italian :
ecclesiastico
— pertaining to the church
Kazakh :
шіркеулік
(şırkeulık)
— pertaining to the church
Latin :
ecclēsiasticus
— pertaining to the church
Macedonian :
цр́ковен
(cŕkoven)
— pertaining to the church
Manx :
agglishagh
— pertaining to the church
Norwegian Bokmål :
ekklesiastisk
— pertaining to the church
Norwegian Bokmål :
kirkelig
— pertaining to the church
Norwegian Nynorsk :
ekklesiastisk
— pertaining to the church
Norwegian Nynorsk :
kyrkjeleg
— pertaining to the church
Old English :
ċiriclīċ
— pertaining to the church
Polish :
kościelny
— pertaining to the church
Polish :
eklezjalny
— pertaining to the church
Portuguese :
eclesiástico
— pertaining to the church
Portuguese :
eclesial
— pertaining to the church
Romanian :
ecleziastic
— pertaining to the church
Romanian :
bisericesc
— pertaining to the church
Russian :
церко́вный
(cerkóvnyj)
— pertaining to the church
Scottish Gaelic :
eaglaiseil
— pertaining to the church
Slovak :
cirkevný
— pertaining to the church
Spanish :
eclesiástico
— pertaining to the church
Spanish :
eclesial
— pertaining to the church
Swahili :
kikanisa
— pertaining to the church
Swedish :
kyrklig
— pertaining to the church
Swedish :
ecklesiastik
— pertaining to the church
Ukrainian :
церко́вний
(cerkóvnyj)
— pertaining to the church
Vietnamese :
(thuộc) giáo hội
— pertaining to the church