(a.) Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization or government of the church; not secular; as, ecclesiastical affairs or history; ecclesiastical courts.
Example Sentences:
(1) He also became an early ecclesiastical adopter of Twitter.
(2) But this time warp is a Seville one, and all the statues of (ecclesiastical) virgins, winged cherubs, shrines and other Catholic paraphernalia, plus portraits of the late Duchess of Alba, give it a unique spirit, as do the clientele – largely local, despite Garlochí’s international fame as the city’s most kitsch bar.
(3) There was repeated failure to assess the risk he posed to children, to confine him to his abbey, to thoroughly investigate allegations of abuse, to notify the police and social services, and to share information between dioceses and report matters to the appropriate civil and ecclesiastical authorities.” The report also criticised an order of Catholic nuns, the Sisters of Nazareth.
(4) That is Ecclesiastes, 1:2, as you'll find it in the Common English Bible.
(5) Recently, the church authorities barred her from practising in ecclesiastical tribunals, which rules over marriage annulments.
(6) Pope Francis has directed the Vatican to act decisively on ecclesiastic sex abuse cases and take measures against paedophile priests, saying the Catholic church's credibility was on the line.
(7) This study focuses on the residents of three ecclesiastical homes for the elderly in 19th century.
(8) They were not ones to build monuments; instead, they took weighing scales with them and ingot moulds to melt down spare ecclesiastical treasures.
(9) Given his active support for the charismatic movement in his diocese, one can only be concerned that he could be prepared to ordain women … How can the pope maintain discipline in the church if he himself does not conform himself to prevailing ecclesiastical legislation?"
(10) So they could be about quite mundane issues of ecclesiastical organisation.
(11) The penultimate twist in his long and unpredictable ecclesiastical career came last Friday, two days before it emerged that he had been accused of "inappropriate acts" by fellow priests.
(12) Their opposition is above all a public and political stance which is intended to maintain ecclesiastical unity, particularly within the Anglican communion.
(13) Ketan Patel, senior investment analyst at Ecclesiastical Investment Management, which holds AstraZeneca shares in several portfolios, said: “The shift in R&D strategy from volume-driven to science-driven looks set to deliver growth in 2017 and beyond for the company, although the speculation on Pfizer returning to make another bid will continue in the background.” More than half of third-quarter revenues came from AstraZeneca’s five key areas: its new heart drug Brilinta, its diabetes portfolio, respiratory medicines, emerging markets, and Japan.
(14) The service drew on hundreds of years of ecclesiastical tradition, but the proceedings differed in one key respect: for the first time in the Church of England's history, its head was enthroned by a woman.
(15) Consider God’s handiwork: who can make straight, what He hath made crooked?” These words, from Ecclesiastes, pose a pertinent question.
(16) Particular church leaders do not have a seat in parliament by virtue of their ecclesiastical office, although this does not preclude them being elected to a seat by popular vote.
(17) It is time to invite the nation to save these ecclesiastical beauties and for committed Christians to put down roots elsewhere.
(18) Andreotti obtained a first-class law degree from the University of Rome in 1941, specialising in ecclesiastical law.
(19) The criticism from the MCB comes after the CofE last week attacked the government's lack of consultation over its gay marriage plans, saying senior ecclesiastical figures learned of them only when Miller announced them to parliament.
(20) The practice received official support in Madrid in 1804 with a Real Cédula (royal order) of Charles IV to the civilian and ecclesiastic officials of the Indies and the Philippines.
Proctor
Definition:
(n.) One who is employed to manage to affairs of another.
(n.) A person appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, as lepers, the bedridden, etc.; hence a beggar.
(n.) An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor in equity.
(n.) A representative of the clergy in convocation.
(n.) An officer in a university or college whose duty it is to enforce obedience to the laws of the institution.
(v. t.) To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent.
Example Sentences:
(1) An alternative is to let currently enrolled students proctor and tutor each other.
(2) Harvey Proctor said the Metropolitan police’s Operation Midland inquiry team , set up to examine claims that boys were systematically abused by an establishment paedophile ring, should be wound up and its head be put in charge of parking offences.
(3) He said in a statement: “’It is not for me to judge the innocence or guilt of Harvey Proctor.
(4) Confirmation of Proctor's 1958 estimate of high incidence of hysterical phenomena among a rural child psychiatric population is provided by recent observations on a small, random sample of children referred for psychological assessment in Australia.
(5) Shara Proctor, who might have had hopes of gold while Okagbare busied herself with the 200m, managed only two steps of a run-up before clutching at her left thigh and leaving the arena with her hoodie pulled sorrowfully around her face.
(6) These are my future,” Proctor said, placing her hands on her sons’ shoulders.
(7) Internal candidates who could succeed Sorrell include Dominic Proctor, the head of WPP's media-buying arm, Mindshare, and Shelley Lazarus, boss of Ogilvy & Mather.
(8) 16 subjects self-administered 18 microcomputer-based tests (13 new, 5 "core"), without proctors, over 10 sessions.
(9) However, it had not been established that the Proctor-Dix method would prove reliable and practical when routinely applied in a clinical setting.
(10) Proctor denied ever having sexual relations with anyone under 16, and pointed out that the acts for which he was convicted would not be unlawful if committed today.
(11) A significant relationship between test anxiety and effects of the unfamiliar proctor on test performance was shown.
(12) Studies of a trpA mutant constitutive for tryptophan synthase production support the hypothesis of autogenous regulation (R. F. Goldberger, 1974; A. R. Proctor and I. P. Crawford, 1975) of the Pseudomonas putida trpAB loci.
(13) The paranoid police have pursued a homosexual witch-hunt on this issue, egged on by media, Labour MPs and a ragbag of internet fantasists.” Scotland Yard declined to comment on Proctor’s press conference, although detectives had previously issued a statement saying officers found Nick’s allegations to be “credible and true”.
(14) L’Oreal, Proctor & Gamble, Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser and Johnson & Johnson are showing contempt for their customers by refusing to answer questions from MPs about the damage their personal care products are doing to our waters,” the Labour MP said, ahead of the hearing.
(15) Adequate training for surgeons already experienced in abdominal and biliary tract surgery can be acquired through a preceptorship in diagnostic laparoscopy, attending a course in laparoscopic surgery that includes both didactic instruction and live animal experience, assisting with the procedures in humans, and being proctored and certified as competent by an experienced general surgeon.
(16) Claims that boys were murdered by VIP sex ring are credible and true - police Read more “I denied all and each of the allegations in turn [to police] and in detail and categorised them as false and untrue and, in whole, a heinous calumny,” said Proctor’s statement.
(17) Even business is making its way to the bathroom: Reckitt Benckiser, Proctor & Gamble and Unilever have all got into water access and sanitation (Wash).
(18) ● Over the same period, at locations including the Carlton Club, a flat in Dolphin Square and a central London home, Proctor was alleged to have been present at Christmas parties with Nick.
(19) Nick told police that the former MP was part of a group of men who abused him over a decade from 1975, according to Proctor’s statement.
(20) Lewis had been the brains behind the “love your body” advertising campaign for Unilever’s Dove soap brand and ran other successful marketing programmes for the household goods group around the world — including one that forced rival Proctor & Gamble to pull Ariel out of parts of South America because the name became synonymous with lavatory seats.