Sentence examples for his ecclesiastical from inspiring English sources

The consecration of the newly minted bishop by his ecclesiastical superior then usually followed.

Shortly after the death of his brother Frederick (1191), however, he abandoned his ecclesiastical career.

He accordingly renounced his ecclesiastical prospects, but the bargain was set aside by Condé.

It was this fear that, across decades, sparked the peculiar ruthlessness of his ecclesiastical boundary protection.

Cardinal Bevilacqua loved to visit parishes, and would sometimes playfully throw his ecclesiastical cap into a crowd.

He administered his ecclesiastical duties capably, but the clergy's confidence in the legality of his election decreased.

Of noble birth, he owed his ecclesiastical advancement to the influence of his uncle Cardinal Oliviero Carafa.

His ecclesiastical policy strove to minimize the influence of the Roman Catholic church among Russian and Polish bishops.

His ecclesiastical policy was conditioned by his determination to complete the subordination of the church to the crown.

Archie was often known as "The Bishop", even if his ecclesiastical stature fell short of David Sheppard's.

That explains the constant presence of Innocent's family in his ecclesiastical, political, and military affairs and his frequent recourse to the distribution of ecclesiastical benefices in their behalf.