What's the difference between ecclesiastical and procuration?

Ecclesiastical


Definition:

  • (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.

Procuration


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of procuring; procurement.
  • (n.) The management of another's affairs.
  • (n.) The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy.
  • (n.) A sum of money paid formerly to the bishop or archdeacon, now to the ecclesiastical commissioners, by an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the time of visitation; -- called also proxy.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The fetal monitoring (electronical and gasanalytical) is able to acknowledge in due time a hypoxic situation and procures favourable to the perinatal morbidity.
  • (2) Thus, HBsAG screening should be done along with the implementation of a blood policy that ensures the procurement of sufficient blood for hemotheraphy in Ethiopia.
  • (3) Procurement has already brought down prices in foster care significantly in recent years, so differences between the costs of placement options may now be marginal.
  • (4) A mother is facing prosecution for procuring abortion pills for her then underage daughter.
  • (5) The number of synaptic sites is regulated by both pre- and postsynaptic cells, in proportion to their cell surfaces; an independent size increase in the receptor terminals (procured in the Drosophila mutant gigas) produces an increase in their synaptic population.
  • (6) Currently, procurement is obtained from living donors.
  • (7) Since 1986, the number of kidneys procured in New York City increased while the number procured nationally fell.
  • (8) The vigilantes use shotguns and cartridges and have been short in supply, so the leader left yesterday for Maiduguri to procure more in the event of any attack,” he told AFP.
  • (9) Different procurement systems have already made England a slightly "different country" for Scottish suppliers, many of whom are more concerned about Cameron's equivocal attitude towards the European Union.
  • (10) ChE depression is determined by comparison of the affected specimen to normal ChE activity for a sample of control specimens of the same species, but timely procurement of controls is not always possible.
  • (11) With cities moving markets, joint procurement standards generate great potential for economies of scale, from buses to smart street lighting.
  • (12) These results justify the use of UW solution by intraaortic flush especially during multi-organ procurement.
  • (13) The taskforce said "smarter use" could be made of the government's £150bn procurement budget to better support innovation and suggested the creation of a new Department for Science and Innovation under its own secretary of state.
  • (14) A previously described technique of simultaneous whole liver and pancreas procurement depended on "classic" hepatic arterial anatomy, which is present just over half the time.
  • (15) Procurement experts looking to work in this part of the world will get great experience of project contracting work, demandfor which are likely to continue to increase.
  • (16) The Southeastern Regional Organ Procurement Program has developed a computerized system for the selection of organ transplant recipients.
  • (17) Despite increasing referrals for organ donation in metropolitan New York, procurement has remained essentially unchanged from 1983 through 1988 at 9 to 13 per million population, falling far short of increasing demand.
  • (18) Surgical-pathologic staging was performed laparoscopically, with exploration of the abdomen and procurement of peritoneal cytology and pelvic and para-aortic lymph nodes.
  • (19) Although private capital was gradually replaced by public investment, the latter was much less productive as criminal organisations distort and corrupt the public procurement process.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Italian anti-mafia prosecutor, Giovanni Falcone.
  • (20) The reliability of these techniques is dependent on proficient specimen procurement and the cytopathologist's expertise and experience.

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