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ecclesiastic

[L. Gr. an assembly or meeting, whence a church; to call forth or convoke; to call.]

Pertaining or relating to the church; as ecclesiastical discipline or government; ecclesiastical affairs, history or policy; ecclesiastical courts. Ecclesiastical State is the body of the clergy.

ecclesiastic

noun

A person in orders, or consecrated to the service of the church and the ministry of religion.