ECCLESIASTICS

Noun

ecclesiastics

plural of ecclesiastic

Noun

ecclesiastics (uncountable)

The field of study of the church.

Source: Wiktionary


ECCLESIASTIC

Ec*cle`si*as"tic, a. Etym: [L. ecclesiasticus, Gr. Ex-, and Hale, v. t., Haul.]

Definition: Of or pertaining to the church. See Ecclesiastical. "Ecclesiastic government." Swift.

Ec*cle`si*as"tic, n.

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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