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Webster 1913 Edition
Ecclesiastic
Ec-cleˊsi-as′tic
(?; 277)
, Adj.
[L. ,
ecclesiasticus
, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] an assembly of citizens called out by the crier; also, the church, fr. [GREEK] called out, fr. [GREEK] to call out; ἐκ
out + [GREEK] to call. See Ex-
, and Hale
, Verb.
T.
Haul
.] Of or pertaining to the church. See
“Ecclesiastic government.” Ecclesiastical
. Swift.
Ec-cleˊsi-as′tic
,Noun.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ecclesiastic
ECCLESIAS'TIC
,Definition 2024
ecclesiastic
ecclesiastic
English
Alternative forms
Adjective
ecclesiastic (comparative more ecclesiastic, superlative most ecclesiastic)
- Of or pertaining to the church; ecclesiastical.
Usage notes
Ecclesiastical is more commonly used.
Translations
pertaining to the church
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Noun
ecclesiastic (plural ecclesiastics)
- One who adheres to a church-based philosophy.