eclesial
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ecclēsiālis.
Adjective
eclesial m or f (plural eclesiais)
- ecclesiastical (pertaining to the church)
- Synonym: eclesiástico
Further reading
- “eclesial”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin ecclēsiālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ekleˈsjal/ [e.kleˈsjal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: e‧cle‧sial
Adjective
eclesial m or f (masculine and feminine plural eclesiales)
- ecclesiastical (pertaining to the church)
- Synonym: eclesiástico
Derived terms
Further reading
- “eclesial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024