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| ec·cle·si·as·tic [ i klzee ástik ] |
noun (plural ec·cle·si·as·tics) |
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member of the clergy: a member of the clergy
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adjective |
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christianity Same as ecclesiastical
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| [15th century. Via French or ecclesiastical Latin< Greek ekklēsiastikos< ekklēsiastēs "member of an assembly" < ekklēsia "assembly, (later) church"] |