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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
ecclesiastic
adj : of or associated with the Christian Church; "ecclesiastic
history" [syn: {ecclesiastical}]
n : a clergyman or other person in religious orders [syn: {cleric},
{churchman}, {divine}]
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