Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Ecclesiastical.
- noun A minister or priest; a cleric.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Ecclesiastical; specifically, pertaining to the ministry or administration of the church.
- noun In early usage, a member of the orthodox church, as distinguished from Jews, pagans, infidels, and heretics.
- noun One holding an office in the Christian ministry, or otherwise officially consecrated to the service of the church: usually restricted to those connected with an episcopate, and in the middle ages to subordinate officials.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the church. See
ecclesiastical . - noun A person in holy orders, or consecrated to the service of the church and the ministry of religion; a clergyman; a priest.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the
church ;ecclesiastical . - noun One who
adheres to a church-basedphilosophy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church)
- noun a clergyman or other person in religious orders
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This talented ecclesiastic is also responsible for restoration of the El Calvario ( "Calvary") Church in Tlalpan, on the outskirts of the Federal District.
Priest, poet, educator: the multiple talents of Manuel Ponce (1913–1994)
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This talented ecclesiastic is also responsible for restoration of the El Calvario ( "Calvary") Church in Tlalpan, on the outskirts of the Federal District.
Priest, poet, educator: the multiple talents of Manuel Ponce (1913–1994)
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The titled ecclesiastic and the ambitious statesman should have their warning on this point.
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The titled ecclesiastic and the ambitious statesman should have their warning on this point.
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The titled ecclesiastic and the ambitious statesman should have their warning on this point.
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The abstruse question of the eternity of the Logos was agitated in ecclesiastic conferences and popular sermons; and the heterodox opinions of Arius 43 were soon made public by his own zeal, and by that of his adversaries.
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O for a titled ecclesiastic to curse to excommunication that unholy thing!
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O for a titled ecclesiastic to curse to excommunication that unholy thing!
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The ecclesiastic was to be a wise and prudent person, and to be informed how little confidence Montigny inspired in the article of faith.
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The ecclesiastic was to be a wise and prudent person, and to be informed how little confidence Montigny inspired in the article of faith.
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