a. [ See Ecclesiastical, a. ] Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization or government of the church; not secular;
Every circumstance of ecclesiastical order and discipline was an abomination. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ecclesiastical commissioners for England,
Ecclesiastical courts,
Ecclesiastical law,
Ecclesiastical modes (Mus.),
Ecclesiastical States,
adv. In an ecclesiastical manner; according ecclesiastical rules. [ 1913 Webster ]