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Chaplains are expected to give faithful witness under circumstances which are less than ecclesiastically perfect, even as their fellow chaplains may proclaim a different witness.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2013

Thus at 20, the mother of a small son, she found herself legally free but ecclesiastically still married.

From Time Magazine Archive

The first question," declared the Bishop, "is 'Who is ecclesiastically responsible for the addresses of Father Coughlin?'

From Time Magazine Archive

Many Catholics take for granted that the large number of ecclesiastically conservative priests named to head bishoprics in recent years is a reflection of Vagnozzi's influence.

From Time Magazine Archive

After the division of the Roman Empire into East and West in 395, Albania became politically a part of the Eastern, or Byzantine, Empire but remained ecclesiastically dependent on Rome.

From Area Handbook for Albania by Elpern, Sarah Jane