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Ecclesiastic

Ecclesiastic Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Ecclesiastic? [n] a clergyman or other person in religious orders [adj] of or associated with the Christian Church; "ecclesiastic history" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Ecclesiastic: churchman \| cleric \| divine \| ecclesiastical Related Terms \| Find terms related to Ecclesiastic: abbe \| chaplain \| churchman \| clergyman \| cleric \| clerical \| clerk \| curate \| cure \| DD \| divine \| Doctor of Divinity \| Holy Joe \| man of God \| military chaplain \| minister \| padre \| parson \| pastor \| preacher \| rector \| reverend \| servant of God \| shepherd \| sky pilot \| supply clergy \| supply minister \| the Reverend \| the very Reverend \| tonsured cleric See Also \| a Kempis \| bishop \| clergyman \| man of the cloth \| ordainer \| pardoner \| reverend \| Thomas a Kempis Ecclesiastic In Webster's Dictionary \Eccle`sias"tic\ (?; 277), a. [L. ecclesiasticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? an assembly of citizens called out by the crier; also, the church, fr. ? called out, fr. ? to call out; ? out + ? to call. See {Ex-}, and {Hale}, v. t., {Haul}.] Of or pertaining to the church. See {Ecclesiastical}. ``Ecclesiastic government.'' --Swift. \Eccle`sias"tic\, n. A person in holy orders, or consecrated to the service of the church and the ministry of religion; a clergyman; a priest. From a humble ecclesiastic, he was subsequently preferred to the highest dignities of the church. --Prescott.

Ecclesiastic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ecclesiastic?

[n] a clergyman or other person in religious orders
[adj] of or associated with the Christian Church; "ecclesiastic history"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ecclesiastic: churchman | cleric | divine | ecclesiastical

Ecclesiastic In Webster's Dictionary

\Ec*cle`si*as"tic\ (?; 277), a. [L. ecclesiasticus,
Gr. ?, fr. ? an assembly of citizens called out by the crier;
also, the church, fr. ? called out, fr. ? to call out; ? out
+ ? to call. See {Ex-}, and {Hale}, v. t., {Haul}.]
Of or pertaining to the church. See {Ecclesiastical}.
``Ecclesiastic government.'' --Swift.


\Ec*cle`si*as"tic\, n.
A person in holy orders, or consecrated to the service of the
church and the ministry of religion; a clergyman; a priest.

      From a humble ecclesiastic, he was subsequently
      preferred to the highest dignities of the church.
                                               --Prescott.

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