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Church modesChurch modes Church" modes` (Mus.)
The modes or scales used in ancient church music. See
Gregorian. Ecclesiastical modesEcclesiastical Ec*cle`si*as"tic*al, a. [See Ecclesiastical,
a.]
Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization
or government of the church; not secular; as, ecclesiastical
affairs or history; ecclesiastical courts.
Every circumstance of ecclesiastical order and
discipline was an abomination. --Cowper.
Ecclesiastical commissioners for England, a permanent
commission established by Parliament in 1836, to consider
and report upon the affairs of the Established Church.
Ecclesiastical courts, courts for maintaining the
discipline of the Established Church; -- called also
Christian courts. [Eng.]
Ecclesiastical law, a combination of civil and canon law as
administered in ecclesiastical courts. [Eng.]
Ecclesiastical modes (Mus.), the church modes, or the
scales anciently used.
Ecclesiastical States, the territory formerly subject to
the Pope of Rome as its temporal ruler; -- called also
States of the Church. ImmodestImmodest Im*mod"est, a. [F. immodeste, L. immodestus
immoderate; pref. im- not + modestus modest. See Modest.]
1. Not limited to due bounds; immoderate.
2. Not modest; wanting in the reserve or restraint which
decorum and decency require; indecent; indelicate;
obscene; lewd; as, immodest persons, behavior, words,
pictures, etc.
Immodest deeds you hinder to be wrought, But we
proscribe the least immodest thought. --Dryden.
Syn: Indecorous; indelicate; shameless; shameful; impudent;
indecent; impure; unchaste; lewd; obscene. Immodestly
Immodestly Im*mod"est*ly, adv.
In an immodest manner.
Immodesty
Immodesty Im*mod"es*ty, n. [L. immodestia: cf. F. immodestie.]
Want of modesty, delicacy, or decent reserve; indecency. ``A
piece of immodesty.' --Pope.
Modestly
Modestly Mod"est*ly, adv.
In a modest manner.
OvermodestOvermodest O"ver*mod"est, a.
Modest to excess; bashful. -- O"ver*mod"est*ly, adv. OvermodestlyOvermodest O"ver*mod"est, a.
Modest to excess; bashful. -- O"ver*mod"est*ly, adv.
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