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ecclesiastical

[ih-klee-zee-as-ti-kuhl] / ɪˌkli ziˈæs tɪ kəl /


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The day marks the beginning of Lent, the most solemn season of repentance in the ecclesiastical year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

Yet despite the local ecclesiastical authorities approving the scene, the installation in central Brussels has come under fire online since opening on Friday, with right-wing Belgian politician Georges-Louis Bouchez even comparing the figures to "zombies".

From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025

Since that time, she said she had "remained consistent" in her pursuit of "proper ecclesiastical judicial process".

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2025

Paolo Pierobon plays Pius IX as a reptilian, vengeful theocrat with his own deep-seated fears, borne of ceding ecclesiastical dominion to an increasingly progressive anti-papist world.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2024

Which isn't really surprising, I suppose; this was also the age of ecclesiastical mazes - which may have served as metaphors for pilgrimages to Jerusalem - such as those at Chartres and Lucca Cathedrals.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall


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