a. [ L. ecclesiasticus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; an assembly of citizens called out by the crier; also, the church, fr. &unr_; called out, fr. &unr_; to call out;
n. A person in holy orders, or consecrated to the service of the church and the ministry of religion; a clergyman; a priest. [ 1913 Webster ]
From a humble ecclesiastic, he was subsequently preferred to the highest dignities of the church. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Ecclesiastical, a. ] Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization or government of the church; not secular;
Every circumstance of ecclesiastical order and discipline was an abomination. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ecclesiastical commissioners for England,
Ecclesiastical courts,
Ecclesiastical law,
Ecclesiastical modes (Mus.),
Ecclesiastical States,
adv. In an ecclesiastical manner; according ecclesiastical rules. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Strong attachment to ecclesiastical usages, forms, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. ] A book of the Apocrypha. [ 1913 Webster ]