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ecclesiastical | primitia |

As an adjective ecclesiastical

is of or pertaining to the church.

As a noun primitia is

the first fruits; the first year's whole profit of an ecclesiastical preferment.

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

    *

    primitia

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (UK, legal, obsolete) The first fruits; the first year's whole profit of an ecclesiastical preferment.
  • * Spenser
    • The primitias of your parsonage.
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