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Ecclesiastical

//əˌkli.ziˈæ.stə.kəl// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the church.

    "ecclesiastical architecture"

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church) wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English ecclesiasticall, ecclesiasticalle, from Latin ecclēsiasticus + -al. By surface analysis, ecclesiastic + -al or ecclesiast + -ical.

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