Ecclesiastic
[ɪ,kliːzɪ'æstɪk] or [ɪ,klizɪ'æstɪk]
Definition
(v. t.) Of or pertaining to the church. See Ecclesiastical.
(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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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Not civil, not secular.
n. Priest, clergyman, churchman, minister, parson, pastor, divine.
Typist: Thaddeus
Examples
- The aged ecclesiastic had turned his face towards me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The respected ecclesiastic looked pleased, and yet embarrassed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He was an ecclesiastic: he was Père Silas. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The other revenues of the ecclesiastics of both religions at fifty per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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