Definitions for: Ecclesiastic

[n] a clergyman or other person in religious orders
[adj] of or associated with the Christian Church; "ecclesiastic history"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: churchman, cleric, divine, ecclesiastical

See Also: a Kempis, bishop, clergyman, man of the cloth, ordainer, pardoner, reverend, Thomas a Kempis

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