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Adjective: ecclesiastic  i`klee-zee'as-tik
  1. Of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church)
    "ecclesiastic history"
    - ecclesiastical
Noun: ecclesiastic  i`klee-zee'as-tik
  1. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
    - cleric, churchman, divine, churchwoman

Derived forms: ecclesiastics

See also: church, ecclesiastically

Type of: clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend

Encyclopedia: Ecclesiastic

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