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21Ecclesiastical 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 …
22Ecclesiastical Art — • Article explores the origin, history, and types Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ecclesiastical Art Ecclesiastical Art …
23Ecclesiastical Commissions — Ecclesiastical Commissions † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Commissions Ecclesiastical Commissions are bodies of ecclesiastics juridically established and to whom are committed certain specified functions or charges. They are …
24ecclesiastical courts — In England, the collective classification of particular courts that exercised jurisdiction primarily over spiritual matters. A system of courts, held by authority granted by the sovereign, that assumed jurisdiction over matters concerning the… …
25Ecclesiastical Prisons — Ecclesiastical Prisons † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Prisons It is plain from many decrees in the Corpus Juris Canonici that the Church has claimed and exercised the right, belonging to a perfect and visible society, of… …
26Ecclesiastical 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… …
27Ecclesiastical province — An ecclesiastical province (or churchly province) is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church (both Latin and …
28Ecclesiastical heraldry — Coat of arms of Cardinal Agostino Bausa in the courtyard of the archiepiscopal palace of Florence Ecclesiastical heraldry is the tradition of heraldry developed by Christian clergy. Initially used to mark documents, ecclesiastical heraldry… …
29Ecclesiastical 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… …
30ecclesiastical 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 …
