Sentence examples for ecclesiastical backgrounds from inspiring English sources

Christians of other ecclesiastical backgrounds have worked tirelessly to establish gender equality in their contexts.

Reviewers also suggested that the contrast between Keable's ecclesiastical background and the frank, often sexual, content of his novels attracted curiosity in itself.

In addition, Lambeth Palace ran the ecclesiastical equivalent to a background check on Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori -- just to make sure she was rightly and duly ordained.

She was also pressured to provide evidence of her ordination--the "ecclesiastical equivalent of a background check," quipped a church historian--before traveling to London, according to ENS.

Near the end of the Neue Galerie's exceptionally touching exhibition of late works by the Swiss Symbolist painter Ferdinand Hodler (1853-1918), you come to a small, chapel-like room with walls draped in purple velvet and ecclesiastical music playing quietly in the background.

The most reliable source for Sigeberht's background and career is Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People (produced in 731), in which Bede stated that Sigeberht was the brother of Eorpwald and the son of Rædwald, who ruled the kingdom of East Anglia from about 599 to 624, but William of Malmesbury described him as Rædwald's stepson.

Antonio Marras, the Kenzo designer for the past six years, sent out a group of vintage and reconstructed outfits that caught the spirit, not just with their tiers of hats and layers of skirts, but also with the background music from Federico Fellini's surreal ecclesiastical fashion show in his 1972 movie "Roma".

As for Imam Abdu-Shahid, Mr. Morello said, "His background was investigated when he was hired" and the necessary ecclesiastical endorsement was obtained.

It's the ecclesiastical Oscars.

There were also ecclesiastical schools.

What are Archbishop Nichols' ecclesiastical qualifications?