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ecclesiastic - 5 dictionary results

ec⋅cle⋅si⋅as⋅tic

[i-klee-zee-as-tik]
–noun
1. a member of the clergy or other person in religious orders.
2. a member of the ecclesia in ancient Athens.
–adjective
3. ecclesiastical.

Origin:
1475–85; < LL ecclēsiasticus < Gk ekklēsiastikós. See Ecclesiastes, -ic
ec·cle·si·as·tic   (ĭ-klē'zē-ās'tĭk)   
adj.  Ecclesiastical.
n.  A minister or priest; a cleric.

[Late Latin ecclēsiasticus, from Greek ekklēsiastikos, from ekklēsiastēs, a member of the ecclesia; see Ecclesiastes.]

Ecclesiastic

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.

Ecclesiastic

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.
Language Translation for : ecclesiastic
Spanish: eclesiástico,
German: kirchlich,
Japanese: キリスト教会の

ecclesiastic 
1483, from L.L. ecclesiasticus, from Gk. ekklesiastikos "of the (ancient Athenian) assembly," later, "of the church," from ekklesiastes "speaker in an assembly or church, preacher," from ekkalein "to call out."
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