ecclesiastic
- a member of the clergy or other person in religious orders.
- a member of the ecclesia in ancient Athens.
Origin of ecclesiastic
Related Words for ecclesiastic
cleric, pastor, preacher, priest, minister, abbot, prelate, divine, chaplain, parson, reverendExamples from the Web for ecclesiastic
Historical Examples of ecclesiastic
Is it your intention to condemn my son to be an ecclesiastic?
The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, CompleteMadame La Marquise De Montespan
He is a diplomatist, an ecclesiastic, an embodiment of all that is severe and archaic in authority.
Italy, the Magic LandLilian Whiting
That painted window's said to be the oldest of any, not ecclesiastic, in Europe.
Nell, of Shorne MillsCharles Garvice
My reputation then was blasted by the industry of this ecclesiastic.
The Autobiography of Madame GuyonJeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
By the side of this ecclesiastic, his Wolsley is, so to speak, nowhere.
ecclesiastic
- a clergyman or other person in holy orders
- of or associated with the Christian Church or clergy
Word Origin and History for ecclesiastic
late 15c., from Middle French ecclésiastique and directly from Late Latin ecclesiasticus, from Greek ekklesiastikos "of the (ancient Athenian) assembly," later, "of the church," from ekklesiastes "speaker in an assembly or church, preacher," from ekkalein "to call out," from ek "out" (see ex-) + kalein "to call" (see claim (v.)).