ecclesiastic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ecclesiastic	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for ecclesiastic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ecclesiastic adj of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church); "ecclesiastic history" Synonym(s): ecclesiastical, ecclesiastic n a clergyman or other person in religious orders [syn: cleric, churchman, divine, ecclesiastic]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ecclesiastic \Eccle`sias"tic\, n. A person in holy orders, or consecrated to the service of the church and the ministry of religion; a clergyman; a priest. From a humble ecclesiastic, he was subsequently preferred to the highest dignities of the church. --Prescott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ecclesiastic \Eccle`sias"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; [?] out + [?] to call. See {Ex-}, and {Hale}, v. t., {Haul}.] Of or pertaining to the church. See {Ecclesiastical}. [bd]Ecclesiastic government.[b8] --Swift.