ecclesiastical year
31Ecclesiastical history of Braga — The region around the city of Braga, in today Portugal, was an important centre for the spreading of Christendom in the Iberian Peninsula. This is reflected in the number of religious personalities associated with the region and the fact that… …
32ecclesiastical calendar — 1. a calendar based on the lunisolar cycle, used by many Christian churches in determining the dates for the movable feasts. 2. Also called church calendar. a calendar of the Christian year, indicating the days and seasons for fasts and festivals …
33Liturgical year — For Dom Guéranger s series of books, see The Liturgical Year. Christian year redirects here. For John Keble s series of poems, see The Christian Year. Part of a series on Christianity …
34New Year's Day — • Since there was no necessary starting point in the circle of the year, we find among different nations, and among the same at different epochs of their history, a great variety of dates with which the new year began. . . Catholic Encyclopedia.… …
35List of ecclesiastical abbreviations — The words most commonly abbreviated at all times are proper names, titles (official or customary), of persons or corporations, and words of frequent occurrence. A list of those used in Roman Republican and early Imperial times may be seen in… …
36church year — ▪ Christianity Introduction annual cycle of seasons and days observed in the Christian churches in commemoration of the life, death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ and of his virtues as exhibited in the lives of the saints. Origins of the …
37Christian year — noun the year in the ecclesiastical calendar; especially feast days and special seasons • Syn: ↑church year • Hypernyms: ↑year, ↑twelvemonth, ↑yr • Part Meronyms: ↑religious holiday, ↑ …
38Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved — Anglicanism portal The Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved is an appellate court within the hierarchy of ecclesiastical courts of the Church of England. Hearing cases involving church doctrine, ceremony, or ritual, the Court has jurisdiction… …
39Administrator (of ecclesiastical property) — In the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church, an administrator of ecclesiastical property is anyone charged with the care of church property.Administrative authoritySupreme administrative authority in regard to all ecclesiastical temporalities… …
40Civil year — Civil Civ il, a. [L. civilis, fr. civis citizen: cf. F. civil. See {City}.] 1. Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state. [1913 Webster] 2. Subject to… …
