ecclesiastical living
1living — I. a. 1. Existing, live, alive. 2. Quickening, active, lively. II. n. 1. Livelihood, maintenance, support, subsistence, keeping, estate. 2. Benefice, ecclesiastical living. 3. Mode of life, course of life, manner of life …
2Ecclesiastical history (Catholicism) — Ecclesiastical history, for the Roman Catholic Church, is the history of the Roman Catholic Church as an institution, written from a particular perspective. There is a traditional approach to such historiography. The generally identified starting …
3Ecclesiastical Art — • Article explores the origin, history, and types Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ecclesiastical Art Ecclesiastical Art …
4Ecclesiastical Seminary — Ecclesiastical Seminary † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Seminary I. TERMINOLOGY The word seminary (Fr. séminaire, Ger. Seminar) is sometimes used, especially in Germany, to designate a group of university students devoted …
5Ecclesiastical 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 …
6Ecclesiastical 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… …
7Ecclesiastical Residence — Ecclesiastical Residence † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Residence A remaining or abiding where one s duties lie or where one s occupation is properly carried on, as the presence of a bishop in his diocese, a rector or… …
8Living — Liv ing, n. 1. The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life; existence. Health and living. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Manner of life; as, riotous living; penurious living; earnest living. A vicious living. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 3. Means …
9Living Church — For other uses of Living Church , see Living Church (disambiguation). The Living Church (Russian: Живая Церковь), also called Renovationist Church (обновленческая церковь) or Renovationism (обновленчество; from обновление ‘renovation, renewal’;… …
10Ecclesiastical 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… …
