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Definition of Ecclesiastic

Ecclesiastic
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; ? out + ? to call. See Ex-, and Hale, v. t., Haul.] Of or pertaining to the church. See Ecclesiastical. ``Ecclesiastic government.' --Swift.
Ecclesiastic
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. From a humble ecclesiastic, he was subsequently preferred to the highest dignities of the church. --Prescott.

Meaning of Ecclesiastic from wikipedia

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- The School of Ecclesiastic Music (SEM) is a school of Byzantine music in Matn, Lebanon. The school opened in 1997, as a project of the Antiochian Gr****...
- François Arnaud (Comtat-Venaissin, 27 July 1721 – 2 December 1784) was a French clergyman, writer, and philologist. Abbé of Grandchamp and librarian to...
- Medieval ecclesiastic historiography encomp****es the historiographic production by the Clergymen of the European Middle Ages, who created their own style...
- William Jones (30 July 1726 – 6 January 1800), known as William Jones of Nayland, was a British clergyman and author. He was born at Lowick, Northamptonshire...
- A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical...
- Preveli (Gr**** Πρέβελη) is a location on the south coast of the Gr**** island of Crete, in the Rethymno regional unit, notable for its monastery. The Holy...
- Reasons humbly offer'd for a Law to enact the Castration of Popish Ecclesiastic[k]s is an anonymous anti-Catholic quarto pamphlet published in London in...
- 1711–1718, ecclesiastic and politician Marc-René d'Argenson, 1718–1721, politician Jean-Joseph Languet de Gergy, 1721–1753, ecclesiastic Georges-Louis...
- Almanni and ~ von Schwan (born 1384; died 16 June 1424) was a German ecclesiastic. Ambundii is thought to be born in the area of Stettin (Szczecin) in...