ecclesiastical institution

An ecclesiastical institution is an organized religious body or establishment, such as a church or denomination, that governs and administers spiritual, liturgical, and doctrinal affairs within a faith tradition.

Observed surface forms (24)

• theological school ×7
• ecclesiastical court ×5
• Catholic Church organization ×4
• Catholic institution ×2
• clerical society of apostolic life ×2
• institution of the Catholic Church ×2
• religious affairs ministry ×2
• religious tribunal ×2
• Catholic Church structure ×1
• Reformation-era religious institution ×1

• Roman Catholic ecclesiastical institution ×1
• church administrative body ×1
• collegiate body of clerics ×1
• collegiate ecclesiastical body ×1
• dicastery ×1
• ecclesiastical college ×1
• ecclesiastical institutions ×1
• ecclesiastical organization ×1
• episcopal see ×1
• institution of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ×1
• medieval Christian institution ×1
• organizational unit of a Christian denomination ×1
• religious administration body ×1
• royal religious foundation ×1

Instances (41)

• Spanish Inquisition via concept surface "religious tribunal"
• See of Canterbury via concept surface "episcopal see"
• Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life via concept surface "Catholic Church organization"
• Anglican Communion Office via concept surface "church administrative body"
• Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue via concept surface "Catholic Church organization"
• English Church in Wittenberg via concept surface "Reformation-era religious institution"
• High Commission via concept surface "ecclesiastical court"
• College of St George, Windsor Castle via concept surface "royal religious foundation"
• Ministry of Islamic Endowments of Egypt via concept surface "religious affairs ministry"
• Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter via concept surface "clerical society of apostolic life"
• Society of Saint Pius X via concept surface "clerical society of apostolic life"
• General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques via concept surface "religious administration body"
• Inquisition via concept surface "institution of the Catholic Church"
• Pontifical Councils
• cathedral chapter of Münster via concept surface "collegiate ecclesiastical body"
  surface form: Cathedral Chapter of Münster
• General Assembly of the Church of Scotland via concept surface "ecclesiastical court"
• Divinity School via concept surface "theological school"
• Churchwide Assembly via concept surface "institution of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America"
• High Commission Court via concept surface "ecclesiastical court"
• Suprema Paenitentiaria Apostolica via concept surface "ecclesiastical court"
• Roman Rota via concept surface "ecclesiastical court"
• Commission on World Mission and Evangelism via concept surface "ecclesiastical organization"
• School of Edessa via concept surface "theological school"
• Pontifical Biblical Commission via concept surface "Catholic Church organization"
• College of Cardinals via concept surface "institution of the Catholic Church"
• Vatican City institutions via concept surface "ecclesiastical institutions"
• Catholic Church hierarchy in Argentina via concept surface "Catholic Church structure"
• provinces of The Episcopal Church via concept surface "organizational unit of a Christian denomination"
  surface form: Provinces of The Episcopal Church
• Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
• Portuguese Inquisition via concept surface "religious tribunal"
• Cathedral chapter of Hildesheim via concept surface "collegiate body of clerics"
• Jordanian Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs via concept surface "religious affairs ministry"
• School of Theology and Ministry via concept surface "theological school"
• School of Religious Studies (McGill University) via concept surface "theological school"
• Metropolis of Kiev and all Rus' via concept surface "medieval Christian institution"
• Section for Life via concept surface "Catholic Church organization"
• Secretariat for Non-Christians via concept surface "dicastery"
• Karatay Medrese via concept surface "theological school"
• Antiochene school of theology via concept surface "theological school"
• Chapel Royal
• Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University via concept surface "theological school"