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ecclesiastic

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ec⋅cle⋅si⋅as⋅tic

  [i-klee-zee-as-tik]
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–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
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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.]
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Word Origin & History

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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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