ecclesiastic

ec·cle·si·as·tic

E0024200 (ĭ-klē′zē-ăs′tĭk)adj. Ecclesiastical.n. A minister or priest; a cleric.

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[Late Latin ecclēsiasticus, from Greek ekklēsiastikos, from ekklēsiastēs, a member of the ecclesia; see Ecclesiastes.]

ecclesiastic

(ɪˌkliːzɪˈæstɪk) n (Ecclesiastical Terms) a clergyman or other person in holy ordersadj (Ecclesiastical Terms) of or associated with the Christian Church or clergy

ec•cle•si•as•tic

(ɪˌkli ziˈæs tɪk)

n. 1. a member of the clergy or other person in religious orders. adj. 2. ecclesiastical. [1475–85; < Late Latin ecclēsiasticus < Greek ekklēsiastikós. See Ecclesiastes, -ic]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ecclesiastic - a clergyman or other person in religious orderschurchman, cleric, divineclergyman, man of the cloth, reverend - a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Churchordainer - a cleric who ordains; a cleric who admits someone to holy orderspardoner - a medieval cleric who raised money for the church by selling papal indulgencespluralist - a cleric who holds more than one benefice at a time
Adj.	1.	ecclesiastic - of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church); "ecclesiastic history"ecclesiastical

ecclesiastic

noun clergyman, minister, priest, vicar, parson, pastor, cleric, churchman, man of God, divine, man of the cloth, churchwoman, woman of God, clergywoman, woman of the cloth He was sent to a school run by ecclesiastics.

ecclesiastic

nounA person ordained for service in a Christian church:churchman, churchwoman, clergyman, clergywoman, cleric, clerical, clerk, divine, minister, parson, preacher.Informal: reverend.

Translations

基督教会的教士的

ecˌclesiˈastic(al)

(ikliːziˈӕstik(l)) adjective of the church or clergy. 教會的，教士的 基督教会的，教士的