Ecclesiastical
91Ecclesiastical conference — An Ecclesiastical conference is a meetings of Roman Catholic clerics for the purpose of discussing, in general, matters pertaining to their state of life in particular, questions of moral theology and liturgy.[1] References ^   …
92Ecclesiastical dignitary — An ecclesiastical dignitary is a member of a cathedral chapter, or collegiate church. These offices can include the provost, the dean, the custos and the scholasticus.[1] References ^   …
93Ecclesiastical courts — Civil, common law and canon law were different legal systems co existing uncomfortably; some way had to be found to permit coexistence. From the 12c, the *clergy had a privilege of belonging to the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts. By… …
94Ecclesiastical History of the English People — by The Venerable Bede (731) The Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (Ecclesiastical History of the English People) is the most important work by the Anglo Saxon scholar, the Venerable BEDE, a learned eighth century Northumbrian… …
95ecclesiastical law — noun the body of codified laws governing the affairs of a Christian church • Syn: ↑canon law • Members of this Topic: ↑diriment impediment • Hypernyms: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence * * * noun …
96ecclesiastical court — noun : a court having jurisdiction in ecclesiastical affairs : a tribunal in an ecclesiastical body called also Court Christian * * * a church court in ecclesiastical matters, presided over by members of the clergy and usually having no… …
97Ecclesiastical history of Braga — The region around the city of Braga, in today Portugal, was an important centre for the spreading of Christendom in the Iberian Peninsula. This is reflected in the number of religious personalities associated with the region and the fact that… …
98ecclesiastical heraldry — Arms associated with the administrative and collegiate bodies of a church, particularly the Anglican, Roman Catholic, and Presbyterian churches. Abbeys, priories, and dioceses have their own arms, and high ecclesiastical functionaries have always …
99Ecclesiastical Confiscations of Mendizábal — The sepulchre of Ermengol X (1274 1314), Count of Urgell and Viscount of Àger, sold in the 19th century to The Cloisters, New York, as a result of the Ecclesiastical Confiscations of Mendizábal The Ecclesiastical Confiscations of Mendizabal,… …
100ecclesiastical authorities — In England, the clergy, under the sovereign, as temporal head of the church, set apart from the rest of the people or laity, in order to superintend the public worship of God and the other ceremonies of religion, and to administer spiritual… …
