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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Late Latin
Origin: ecclesiasticus, from Greek ekklesia 'group of people gathered together, church'

ecclesiastical

 adjective
     
Related topics: Christianity
ec‧cle‧si‧as‧ti‧cal also ec‧cle‧sias‧tic
RRC relating to the Christian church or its priests:
ecclesiastical history
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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