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ECCLESIAST
Etymology
Noun
ecclesiast (plural ecclesiasts)
A member of the Athenian ecclesia (public legislative assembly).
(rare) A member of any ecclesia (church or other assembly).
A cleric; someone (such as a priest) who administers a church (ecclesia) or other religious gathering/group.
Proper noun
the Ecclesiast
(Christianity) The author of Ecclesiastes, traditionally considered to be King Solomon.
Source: Wiktionary
Ec*cle"si*ast, n.
1. An ecclesiastic. Chaucer.
2. The Apocryphal book of Ecclesiasticus. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HYPOTHETICAL
(noun) a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.; “consider the following, just as a hypothetical”
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