ecclesiology
noun
the study of ecclesiastical adornments and furnishings.
ecclesiologist
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a word derived from
ecclesiology.
Example Sentences
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The ecclesiologist will find many interesting old churches in this neighbourhood, of which perhaps that at Probus is the most important, as it is the least known.
From The Cornish Riviera by E. W. Haslehust
These were John Mason Neale, the future eminent ecclesiologist and founder of the devoted Anglican Sisterhood of St. Margaret, and Harvey Goodwin, long afterwards the studious and large-minded Bishop of Carlisle.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Henry Yule
I am sorry not to find any letters recording the visit I paid after this to Mr. Petit, the ecclesiologist.
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. Hare
The artist, the ecclesiologist, the art-loving have here a storehouse of unrevealed treasure.
From In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" by Matilda Betham-Edwards
The still extant register of its furniture and sacred apparel leaves the soul of the ecclesiologist athirst.
From Gaston de Latour; an unfinished romance by Walter Pater
