Ecclesiastical

ek-kle-ze-as'-te-kal,s taining to the Church or the body of the clergy. Ecclesiastical Courts, the courts in which the canon law is administered, and spiritual causes determined courts in Presbyterian churches that determine doctrine and discipline. The Ecclesiastical States, the territories once subject to the Pope of Rome as the ecclesiastical and temporal ruler. Ecclesiastical music, compositions written for the Church, but more particularly anthems, services, ma es,and other cathedral music. Ecclesiastically,ek-kle-ze-as'-te-kal-le, ek-klead. in an ecclesiastical manner.