All 3 Uses of
ecclesiastical
in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
- According to Wall's History of Gravesend, N.H., the Rev. John Wheelwright had been a good minister of the English church until he began to "question the authority of certain dogmas"; he became a Puritan, and was thereafter "silenced by the ecclesiastical powers, for nonconformity."†
p. 9..9
- There were not only those differences I've already mentioned— of an atmospheric and architectural nature, together with those ecclesiastical differences that made the Episcopal service much more Catholic than the Congregational service—CATHOLIC, WITH A BIG C, as Owen would say.†
p. 113..5
- The rector appeared to consider whether the time was right for ecclesiastical debate; Barb Wiggin appeared to consider throttling Owen with my mother's scarf.†
p. 216..7 *
Definition:
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(ecclesiastical) of or associated with a church -- especially a Christian Church