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Ecclesiastical vs Gompa - What's the difference?

ecclesiastical | gompa |

As an adjective ecclesiastical

is of or pertaining to the church.

As a noun gompa is

a Buddhist ecclesiastical fortification of learning, lineage and sadhana in Tibet, India, Nepal, or Bhutan.

ecclesiastical

English

Alternative forms

* ecclesiasticall (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to the church
    • ecclesiastical architecture

    Related terms

    * antiecclesiastical * nonecclesiastical

    Synonyms

    * (l) * ecclesiastic (less common)

    See also

    *

    gompa

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia gompa)
  • A Buddhist ecclesiastical fortification of learning, lineage and sadhana in Tibet, India, Nepal, or Bhutan.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=2009-03-13, author=Pico Iyer, title=Heaven’s Gate, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=And when finally I got to the end of the five-hour drive over the highest motorable pass in the world, it was to learn that the gompa in Hunder was closed. }}