About The Word Ecclesiastic
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Ecclesiastic
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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 \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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