What's the difference between ecclesiastical and regalism?

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.

Regalism


Definition:

  • (n.) The doctrine of royal prerogative or supremacy.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This conception of the city as an expression of both regal power and social order, guided by cosmological principles and the pursuit of yin-yang equilibrium, was unlike anything in the western tradition.
  • (2) While visitors amble freely around the newly refurbished inside – the Pierhead is sure and steadfast in its role outside as the drastic red building, emblazoning the landscape of Cardiff Bay in all its regal beauty.
  • (3) Some European officials, including senior British figures, argue that the gains in efficiency achieved by appointing an international envoy with vice regal authority would be outweighed by the Kabul government's further loss of legitimacy.
  • (4) Once humans have gained "total mastery over morphological genetics", post-60,000 years from now, we'll be tweaking our children's DNA so that they're born with straight noses, regal lines and perfect facial symmetry.
  • (5) That disconcerting height, always looming, regally.
  • (6) Fiona, by email Well, Fiona, I could, I guess, regale you with the usual guff about pointy-toed flats and midi-length skirts, and all that would be true, to a certain point.
  • (7) An event like the Golden Globes puts movie stars in a regal position.
  • (8) "He regaled me with some anecdotes of BBC inefficiency.
  • (9) When his deal to buy Leeds was confirmed, he invited journalists to his lawyers’ office in London, regaling the assembled crowd with outlandish tales of pot-washing in 1970s England and sincerely inviting a reporter to play with his rock band in Sardinia.
  • (10) The top five cinema chains – Regal Entertainment, AMC Entertainment, Cinemark, Carmike Cinemas and Cineplex Entertainment – have all dropped plans to screen the film, according to the Hollywood Reporter .
  • (11) But reason will be no barrier to more of the sort of visionless and destructive dogma the Australian prime minister regaled the loggers with in Parliament House this week.
  • (12) He said he was continuing to try to ease tense relations with large cinema chains, such as AMC and Regal Entertainment, which had refused to screen The Interview after the hackers made threats of violence .
  • (13) An hour later, Obama and Trump will be joined by Vice-President Joe Biden, his successor Mike Pence and their spouses for a cup of coffee or tea in the White House’s regal Blue Room.
  • (14) As the wine flowed Humphrey, who had lived all his life in Oxford and knew all the skeletons in all the cupboards of the city, regaled us with increasingly scandalous stories of town and gown in his wonderfully clear, enthusiastic - and carrying - voice.
  • (15) At times Clinton projected an almost regal bearing.
  • (16) At a rally with her husband in Spartanburg, South Carolina, last weekend, she regaled the crowd with nothing more revelatory than the promise that her husband “will be the best president”.
  • (17) Throughout the convention, relatives and business associates lined up to regale the audience with tales of the nominee’s financial acumen.
  • (18) In the formal photograph, King Hamad was a diplomatic distance away from the Queen, though that was because the seating appeared to be arranged on length of regal service.
  • (19) No one could’ve been more suitable for this role than he, who bubbled away his evenings in Simpson’s in the Strand or the Cafe Royal, who spent royally when he had money and borrowed regally when he didn’t, and whose contacts with the working class – with the exception of servants – were at once amatory and pecuniary.
  • (20) December 24, 2016 William Regal (@RealKingRegal) Sad to hear of the passing of Rick Parfitt of Status Quo.Wether you liked them or not,if you are British you knew them.They had a great run.

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