Synonyms for ecclesiastic
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ih-klee-zee-as-tik |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˌkli ziˈæs tɪk |
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Définition of ecclesiastic
Origin :- late 15c., from Middle French ecclésiastique and directly from Late Latin ecclesiasticus, from Greek ekklesiastikos "of the (ancient Athenian) assembly," later, "of the church," from ekklesiastes "speaker in an assembly or church, preacher," from ekkalein "to call out," from ek "out" (see ex-) + kalein "to call" (see claim (v.)).
- noun church person
- Is it your intention to condemn my son to be an ecclesiastic?
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete » by Madame La Marquise De Montespan
- He is a diplomatist, an ecclesiastic, an embodiment of all that is severe and archaic in authority.
- Extract from : « Italy, the Magic Land » by Lilian Whiting
- That painted window's said to be the oldest of any, not ecclesiastic, in Europe.
- Extract from : « Nell, of Shorne Mills » by Charles Garvice
- My reputation then was blasted by the industry of this ecclesiastic.
- Extract from : « The Autobiography of Madame Guyon » by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
- By the side of this ecclesiastic, his Wolsley is, so to speak, nowhere.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, February 18, 1893 » by Various
- Footnote 345: This ecclesiastic was much in the royal confidence.
- Extract from : « Henry of Monmouth, Volume 1 » by J. Endell Tyler
- Barclay seems to have been first an Englishman, then an ecclesiastic.
- Extract from : « The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 » by Sebastian Brandt
- Far off, in the almost empty nave, an ecclesiastic was preaching.
- Extract from : « En Route » by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
- Among them was a younger brother of La Salle, with an ecclesiastic called M. Cavalier, and also a nephew.
- Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
- The dress of the ecclesiastic was much more imposing than that of the boatmen.
- Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
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