ecclesiology (eklezioloji)

[ Christ ology naturally precedes ecclesiology in the order of the system, as Christ precedes the church. Schaff , Hist. Christ. Church, I. § 96. It will furnish future writers in the history and ecclesiology of Ireland with a most valuable storehouse of information. Athenœum . 2. The science of church architecture and decoration. It treats of all the details of church furniture, ornament, etc., and their symbolism, and is cultivated especially by the High Church party in the Church of Eng land. Eastern Ecclesiology may be divided into two grand branches, Byzantine and Armenian. J. M. Neale , Eastern Church, I. 169. eccles-tree (ek'lz-trē), n. A dialectal variant of axletree. [Prov. Eng.] Ecclus. An abbreviation of Ecclesiastic us. eccopet (ek'ō-pē), n. [NL., ment.