adjective
of, relating to, or belonging to a church especially as an established institution
ecclesiastical law
Synonyms: church, churchly, churchmanly, spiritual
Related Word: apostolic, canonical, episcopal, episcopalian, evangelistic, theological; clerical, ministerial, papal, pastoral, patriarchal, pontifical, prelatial, priestly, rabbinical, sacerdotal; cathedralesque, churchlike, pantheonic, synagogal, synagogical, tabernacular, templelike
Contrasted words: lay, secular