caliphal

adjective

Definition of caliphalnext
as in rabbinical

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  1. rabbinic
  2. ecclesiastical
  3. monastic
  4. ecclesiastic
Adjective
  • But the particular rule regarding kohanim and converts is rabbinic, not Biblical, which—arguably—allows a degree of discretion.
    Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The ark described in the Torah, which housed the Ten Commandments tablets among other holy objects, was hidden after the destruction of the First Temple, per rabbinic tradition.
    Alex Traiman, Sun Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of rabbinic
Adjective
  • Hint #3: Wednesday's answer has ecclesiastical connections.
    Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
  • One cardinal accuses another of simony, the buying and selling of ecclesiastical office.
    Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of ecclesiastical
Adjective
  • Explore the island and delve into its deep history, visiting the monastic ruins of St Seiriol, the old semaphore station, and the lighthouse at Penmon Point.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Christian intellectuals increasingly accepted input from classical and contemporary non-Christian sources, particularly in emerging urban schools, which were beginning to replace monastic cloisters as centers of learning in Europe.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of monastic
Adjective
  • As Sheldon Wolin, author of Politics and Vision, and many others have pointed out, the Middle Ages and Renaissance saw a powerful flow of ideas from ecclesiastic to secular political philosophy.
    Jonathan Schlefer, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2015
  • America has no aristocracy or ecclesiastic master class.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 12 Feb. 2022
Definition of ecclesiastic
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