ecclesiastical history

collocation in English

meaningsofecclesiasticalandhistory

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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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history
noun
uk
/ˈhɪs.tər.i/us
/ˈhɪs.t̬ɚ.i/
(the study of or a record of) past events considered together, especially events of a particular period, country, ...
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(Definition ofecclesiasticalandhistoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofecclesiastical history

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How could he presume to writeecclesiasticalhistorywithout having first studied theology?
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This is not a brilliant new synthetic work ofecclesiasticalhistory.
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Little attempt at integration is made, however, and some of the essays barely emerge from the micro-narrative of institutionalecclesiasticalhistory.
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Its strengths lie thus in an impression of religious life and practice rather than inecclesiasticalhistory.
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The whole compendium provides a formidable accessory for understandingecclesiasticalhistoryover a long time span.
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Its editors are to be commended for their service to the field of medieval andecclesiasticalhistory, and most especially to liturgical and canonistic studies.
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Church history, ' as a theological discipline ' is vigorously defended againstecclesiasticalhistory.
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Fletcher's book was one such work, though not, of course, directly in the area ofecclesiasticalhistory.
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Of this sort of thing there are old and new examples of what happens, and it is a commonplace ofecclesiasticalhistory.
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There is a certain amount of dispute whether this building has a secular orecclesiasticalhistory.
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A professor ofecclesiasticalhistorywould be able to be promoted beyond that position in due course.
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For some time, the university has expressed concern about the narrowness of the field of candidates who are eligible to take up that chair ofecclesiasticalhistory.
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Beginning with novels and works onecclesiasticalhistory, which met with some recognition, he ultimately devoted himself to writing for the stage.
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This was unofficial history, rather than a commission, and treatedecclesiasticalhistoryas politics.
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He was familiar withecclesiasticalhistoryand had read recently published works on local early history.
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He was noted for his knowledge ofecclesiasticalhistoryand classical languages.
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Foote was well-versed in literature, and had extensive knowledge of ancient and contemporary writers, andecclesiasticalhistory.
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Theology andecclesiasticalhistoryare also very fully represented, but poetry and ancient philosophy are almost entirely ignored.
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It has several claims to architectural andecclesiasticalhistory.
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