ECCLESIASTIC


Meaning of ECCLESIASTIC in English

/i klee'zee as"tik/ , n.

1. a member of the clergy or other person in religious orders.

2. a member of the ecclesia in ancient Athens.

adj.

3. ecclesiastical.

[ 1475-85; ecclesiasticus ekklesiastikós. See ECCLESIASTES, -IC ]

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