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in ecclesiae

in ecclesiae

9.9
Inside a church for things that must happen there to be official
  • idiom
  • Formal
translation icon : en la iglesia
  • Certain ceremonies must be performed in ecclesiae to be considered valid by the church.

Examples

  • The ceremony was held in ecclesiae to bless the new altar.

  • The council's decision was announced in ecclesiae during the Sunday service.

  • The marriage was officially recognized only if it took place in ecclesiae.

  • Decisions made in ecclesiae often carry significant weight.

  • The marriage was officially recognized only if it took place in ecclesiae.

  • Certain ceremonies must be performed in ecclesiae to be considered valid by the church.

  • The council's decision was announced in ecclesiae during the Sunday service.

Synonyms

at church
vsin ecclesiae
50 1.0

People are in a church building when they go to a service or activity

is a formal Latin phrase used in legal and ecclesiastical contexts

Surface Forms

in ecclesiae main

Morphology

in + ecclesia

The phrase is compositionally built from the preposition 'in' + the noun 'ecclesia' and therefore literally means 'in the church'; a learner who knows both constituents can derive the locative meaning. Although the form 'ecclesiae' is an inflected Latin form, the preposition+noun locative pattern is cross-linguistically common, so the meaning is transparent to learners familiar with the parts.

Etymology

In ecclesiae is made of in and ecclesiae and literally means 'in the church'. It was used to mark weddings or ceremonies that happened inside the church building or under church rules, so today it still shows that something took place 'within the church'.