The image or sculpture of a church In ancient times was often cot out or cast in plate or other metal, and preserved as a religious treasure or relic, and to perpetuate the memory of some famous churches. Jacob. … [Read more...]
ECUMENICAL
General; universal; as an ecumenical council. Groesbeeck v. Dunscomb, 41 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 344. … [Read more...]
ECCLESIARCH
The ruler of a church. … [Read more...]
EDDERBRECHE
In Saxon law. The offense of hedge-breaking. Obsolete. … [Read more...]
ECCLESIASTIC
A clergyman; one destined to the divine ministry, as, a bishop, a priest, a deacon. n. A clergyman; a priest; a man consecrated to the service of the church. … [Read more...]