'Ecclesiastic' definitions:
Definition of 'ecclesiastic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church); "ecclesiastic history" [syn: ecclesiastical, ecclesiastic]
noun
Definition of 'Ecclesiastic'
From: GCIDE
- Ecclesiastic \Ec*cle`si*as"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; 'ek out + ? to call. See Ex-, and Hale, v. t., Haul.] Of or pertaining to the church. See Ecclesiastical. "Ecclesiastic government." --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ecclesiastic'
From: GCIDE
- Ecclesiastic \Ec*cle`si*as"tic\, n. A person in holy orders, or consecrated to the service of the church and the ministry of religion; a clergyman; a priest. [1913 Webster]
- From a humble ecclesiastic, he was subsequently preferred to the highest dignities of the church. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ecclesiastic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbe,
- chaplain,
- churchman,
- clergyman,
- cleric,
- clerical,
- clerk,
- curate,
- cure,
- DD,
- divine,
- Doctor of Divinity,
- Holy Joe,
- man of God,
- military chaplain,
- minister,
- padre,
- parson,
- pastor,
- preacher,
- rector,
- reverend,
- servant of God,
- shepherd,
- sky pilot,
- supply clergy,
- supply minister,
- the Reverend,
- the very Reverend,
- tonsured cleric
Words containing 'Ecclesiastic'
- Ecclesiast,
- Ecclesiastes,
- Ecclesiastical,
- Ecclesiastically,
- Ecclesiastical States,
- Ecclesiastical courts,
- Ecclesiastical law,
- Ecclesiastical modes,
- book of ecclesiastes,
- ecclesiastical attire,
- ecclesiastical benefice,
- ecclesiastical calendar,
- ecclesiastical mode,
- ecclesiastical province,
- ecclesiastical robe,
- Ecclesiastical commissioners for England