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Ecclesiastical vs Naology - What's the difference?

ecclesiastical | naology |

As an adjective ecclesiastical

is of or pertaining to the church.

As a noun naology is

(rare) the study of ecclesiastical or sacred buildings.

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

    *

    naology

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (rare) The study of ecclesiastical or sacred buildings.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year= 1846 , year_published= , author= John Dudley , by= , title= Naology: or, A treatise on the origin, progress, and symbolical import of the sacred structures of the most eminent nations and ages of the world , url= , original= , chapter= , section= , isbn= , edition= , publisher= F. and J. Rivington , location= London , editor= , volume= , page= title , passage= Naology : or, A treatise on the origin, progress, and symbolical import of the sacred structures of the most eminent nations and ages of the world. }}

    References

    * http://www.thefreedictionary.com/naology