Ecclesiastical means belonging to or connected with the Christian Church. My ambition was to travel upwards in the ecclesiastical hierarchy. relating to the Christian church or its priests (ecclesiasticus, from ekklesia )
This is an adjective describing anything that has to do with the Church It comes from the Greek word 'ekklesia', which in the New Testament is translated as church Its literal meaning is 'the called-out ones '
Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization or government of the church; not secular; as, ecclesiastical affairs or history; ecclesiastical courts