ecclesiastic

Speech parts

1. ecclesiastic - Noun

2. ecclesiastic - Adjective

3. ecclesiastic - Verb

Meaning

Of or pertaining to the church. See Ecclesiastical.

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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I would say here something that was heard from an ecclesiastic of the most eminent degree [probably Caesar Baronius]: "The intention of the Holy Ghost is to teach us how one goes to heaven, not how heaven goes." Galileo Galilei

Archbishop - A Christian ecclesiastic of a rank superior to that attained by Christ. H. L. Mencken

All world-images are apt to become corrupt when left to ecclesiastic bureaucracies. But this does not make the formation of world-images expendable. Erik Erikson

ecclesiastic history Source: Internet

A characteristic feature of Romanesque architecture, both ecclesiastic and domestic, is the pairing of two arched windows or arcade openings, separated by a pillar or colonette and often set within a larger arch. Source: Internet

From the Annual Register, for 1758: Pope Clement XIII was "the honestest man in the world; a most exemplary ecclesiastic; of the purest morals; devout, steady, learned, diligent.. Source: Internet

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