Ecclesiastic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Ecclesiastical.
  • n. A minister or priest; a cleric.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the church; ecclesiastical.
  • n. One who adheres to a church-based philosophy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the church. See ecclesiastical.
  • n. A person in holy orders, or consecrated to the service of the church and the ministry of religion; a clergyman; a priest.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Ecclesiastical; specifically, pertaining to the ministry or administration of the church.
  • n. In early usage, a member of the orthodox church, as distinguished from Jews, pagans, infidels, and heretics.
  • n. One holding an office in the Christian ministry, or otherwise officially consecrated to the service of the church: usually restricted to those connected with an episcopate, and in the middle ages to subordinate officials.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church)
  • n. a clergyman or other person in religious orders
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    monk    nun    minister   
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    saint bruno    pardoner    ordainer    thomas a kempis    St. Bruno    a kempis    pluralist    Bruno   
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    clergyman    priest    churchman    conventual    prior    church    churchly    religious   
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