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Placet :: Placet (n.) A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, of an ecclesiastical council, etc..

Congregationalism :: Congregationalism (n.) That system of church organization which vests all ecclesiastical power in the assembled brotherhood of each local church.

Chaplain :: Chaplain (n.) An ecclesiastic who has a chapel, or who performs religious service in a chapel..

Pluralist :: Pluralist (n.) A clerk or clergyman who holds more than one ecclesiastical benefice.

Patriarchate :: Patriarchate (n.) The residence of an ecclesiastic patriarch.

Mixolydian Mode :: Mixolydian mode () The seventh ecclesiastical mode, whose scale commences on G..

Consociation :: Consociation (n.) A voluntary and permanent council or union of neighboring Congregational churches, for mutual advice and cooperation in ecclesiastical matters; a meeting of pastors and delegates from churches thus united..

Monitory :: Monitory (n.) Admonition; warning; especially, a monition proceeding from an ecclesiastical court, but not addressed to any one person..

Abib :: Abib (n.) The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding nearly to our April. After the Babylonish captivity this month was called Nisan..

Decretal :: Decretal (a.) The collection of ecclesiastical decrees and decisions made, by order of Gregory IX., in 1234, by St. Raymond of Pennafort..

Hood :: Hood (n.) An ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or ecclesiastical vestment; as, a master's hood..

Induct :: Induct (v. t.) To introduce, as to a benefice or office; to put in actual possession of the temporal rights of an ecclesiastical living, or of any other office, with the customary forms and ceremonies..

Anathema :: Anathema (n.) A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed..

Colleague :: Colleague (n.) A partner or associate in some civil or ecclesiastical office or employment. It is never used of partners in trade or manufactures.

Corps :: Corps (n. sing. & pl.) The land with which a prebend or other ecclesiastical office is endowed.

Polemics :: Polemics (n.) The art or practice of disputation or controversy, especially on religious subjects; that branch of theological science which pertains to the history or conduct of ecclesiastical controversy..

Archdeacon :: Archdeacon (n.) In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though with independent authority..

Seminarist :: Seminarist (n.) A member of, or one educated in, a seminary; specifically, an ecclesiastic educated for the priesthood in a seminary..

Synod :: Synod (n.) An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.

Nisan :: Nisan (n.) The first month of the jewish ecclesiastical year, formerly answering nearly to the month of April, now to March, of the Christian calendar. See Abib..

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