ecclesiastical authority

collocation in English

meaningsofecclesiasticalandauthority

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ecclesiastical
adjective
uk
/ɪˌkliː.ziˈæs.tɪk.əl/us
/ɪˌkliː.ziˈæs.tɪk.əl/
belonging to or connected with the ...
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authority
noun
uk
/ɔːˈθɒr.ə.ti/us
/əˈθɔːr.ə.t̬i/
the moral or legal right or ability ...
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(Definition ofecclesiasticalandauthorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In effect, the national centre ofecclesiasticalauthorityand prestige had been reduced to a billboard for a secular celebration.
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They were composed to set the scene for the story of the complex interactions between civil andecclesiasticalauthoritythat is to be discussed in later chapters.
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Everyecclesiasticalauthorityin their country is behind the government.
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I should not like to answer a question on this very difficult matter without consulting legal and, if necessary,ecclesiasticalauthority.
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Is he actually offeringecclesiasticalauthorityfor the existence of another race of people in another universe?
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The recommendation of the responsibleecclesiasticalauthorityis accepted as evidence of character.
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I hope this arrangement will work without any friction between the public authority and theecclesiasticalauthority.
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The area ofecclesiasticalauthoritywhich falls to me covers one large county—the two are exactly coterminous.
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Do you, or do you not, retain your power of requiring the properecclesiasticalauthorityto consecrate any additional ground that may become necessary to an existing burial ground?
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The split led to the emergence of a separateecclesiasticalauthority.
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As such they recognise no centralecclesiasticalauthority, no formal creed, no prescribed liturgy nor any ordained salaried ministry.
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During the 1840s, he steadfastly opposed radicalism and secularism and placed a conservative emphasis on piety andecclesiasticalauthority.
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Certain areas of law were placed underecclesiasticalauthority.
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The platform specifies that no higherecclesiasticalauthority, nor any civil authority, has the power to choose officers.
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This flourishing commercial activity made for a culture relatively tolerant of the play of new ideas, sheltered from the censorious hand ofecclesiasticalauthority.
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Ecclesiasticalauthoritydid not always tolerate this breach of discipline.
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When the order was prohibited, however, the refusal to submit toecclesiasticalauthoritystamped its members as heretics.
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The majority have sought and have been given backing by the appropriateecclesiasticalauthority.
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