Meaning of ECCLESIASTIC
| Pronunciation: | | i`kleezee'astik
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- [n] a clergyman or other person in religious orders
- [adj] of or associated with the Christian Church; "ecclesiastic history"
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| | Synonyms: | | churchman, cleric, divine, ecclesiastical |
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| | See Also: | | a Kempis, bishop, clergyman, man of the cloth, ordainer, pardoner, reverend, Thomas a Kempis | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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