Ecclesiastical

Belonging to or connected with the church. Ecclesiastical law: law administered bj the ecclesiastical courts, — in England compounded of the civil law, the canon law, the common law and the statute law.

In English law

Ecclesiastical corporations: corporations whose members are entirely spiritual persons, and incorporated as such. Ecclesiastical courts: courts held by the king's authority, as supreme head of the church, for the consideration of matters chiefly relating to religion.