# Ecclesiastic / Ecclesiastical ## Catechism of the Catholic Church Pertaining to or of the Church (Greek/Latin: _ecclesia_). Hence ecclesiastical government is church government ([[1.2.3.9.p29|ccc-857]]; an ecclesiastical province is a grouping of church jurisdictions or dioceses ([[1.2.3.9.p2a|ccc-887]]); an ecclesiastic is a church official.