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11Ecclesiastical Buildings — • This term comprehends all constructions erected for the celebration of liturgical acts, whatever be the name given to them, church, chapel, oratory, and basilica Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ecclesiastical Buildings …
12Ecclesiastical Censures — Ecclesiastical Censures † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Censures Medicinal and spiritual punishments imposed by the Church on a baptized, delinquent, and contumacious person, by which he is deprived, either wholly of in part …
13Ecclesiastical Constitutions — Ecclesiastical Constitutions † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Constitutions The term constitution denotes, in general, the make up of a body, either physical or moral. Used in reference to civil or religious societies, the… …
14Ecclesiastical polity — is the operational and governance structure of a church or Christian denomination. It also denotes the ministerial structure of the church and the authority relationships between churches. Polity is closely related to Ecclesiology, the study of… …
15Ecclesiastical court — An ecclesiastical court (also called Court Christian or Court Spiritual ) is any of certain courts having jurisdiction mainly in spiritual or religious matters. In the Middle Ages in many areas of Europe these courts had much wider powers than… …
16Ecclesiastical Judge — An Ecclesiastical Judge (in Latin Judex or Iudex Ecclesiasticus ) is an ecclesiastical person who possesses ecclesiastical jurisdiction either in general or in the strict sense. Catholic canon lawThe official body appointed by the qualified… …
17Ecclesiastical law — Law Law (l[add]), n. [OE. lawe, laghe, AS. lagu, from the root of E. lie: akin to OS. lag, Icel. l[ o]g, Sw. lag, Dan. lov; cf. L. lex, E. legal. A law is that which is laid, set, or fixed; like statute, fr. L. statuere to make to stand. See… …
18Ecclesiastical emancipation — The canon law of the Roman Catholic Church recognizes various meanings of the term emancipation .As release from ecclesiastical obedienceOne was the release of a pupil of a cathedral school, a domicellaris , from subjection to the authority of… …
19ecclesiastical 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 …
20ecclesiastical commissioners — In England, a body corporate, erected by St. 6 & 7 Wm. IV, c. 77, empowered to suggest measures conducive to the efficiency of the established church, to be ratified by orders in council. As a body, Ecclesiastical Commissioners have been… …
