Definition of "eccl" [eccl]

• An abbreviation of Ecclesiastes; [lowercase] of ecclesiastical.
• An abbreviation [lowercase] of ecclesiastic; (noun)
• [lowercase] of ecclesiology. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Which brings me to a second point: any serious look at the liturgical catastrophe of the 60s and 70s (and into the early 80s), which look is a necessary part of R-t-R, has to include a full and frank appreciation of how much eccl. leadership left us pew Catholics to suffer on our own for generation."
• "This has be my last reiteration of the matter, which folks can agree with or not as they see fit, but: there is no doubt but that in canon law the calling of a priest to one's deathbed is one of the classic "signs of repentance" that renders licit the eccl. funeral of a grave public sinner."
• "Such a position is not defensible, however, in the canon law regarding the very narrow question of granting one eccl. funeral rites, for all the reasons I've set out elsewhere and I see you grant."