Breadcrumb Home > Dictionary > Index E ecclesiastical: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: ec•cle•si•as•ti•cal Pronunciation: (i-klē"zē-as'ti-kul), [key] — adj. of or pertaining to the church or the clergy; churchly; clerical; not secular. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: ecclesiastical (Thesaurus) ecclesiastic ecclesiastical calendar ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: quadrumanous Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language