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3 definitions found 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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