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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a clergyman or other person in religious orders;
[syn: cleric, churchman, divine, ecclesiastic]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church);
- Example: "ecclesiastic history"
[syn: ecclesiastical, ecclesiastic]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ecclesiastic adj 1: of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church); "ecclesiastic history" [syn: ecclesiastical, ecclesiastic] n 1: a clergyman or other person in religious orders [syn: cleric, churchman, divine, ecclesiastic]