Found 3 items, similar to ecclesiastic.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: ecclesiastic
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: ecclesiastic
ecclesiastic
adj : of or associated with a church (especially a Christian
Church);
“ecclesiastic history” [syn:
ecclesiastical]
ecclesiastic
n : a clergyman or other person in religious orders [syn:
cleric,
churchman,
divine]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Ecclesiastic
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; 'ek
out + ? to call. See
Ex-, and
Hale, v. t.,
Haul.]
Of or pertaining to the church. See
Ecclesiastical.
“Ecclesiastic government.” --Swift.
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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.
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From a humble ecclesiastic, he was subsequently
preferred to the highest dignities of the church.
--Prescott.
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