Meaning & use
Ecclesial
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Relating to a church or to organized Christian religious life.
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The council addressed matters of ecclesial authority and church governance.
She studied the ecclesial history of the early Christian communities.
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From the Greek ekklesia, meaning "assembly" or "congregation," the same root that gives English "ecclesiastical."
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ecclesiasticalchurchly
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