‖n.;
a. Ecclesiastical. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL. ecclesiarcha, fr. Gr. &unr_; church + &unr_; to rule: cf. F. ecclésiarque. ] An official of the Eastern Church, resembling a sacrist in the Western Church. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; a preacher. See Ecclesiastic, a. ] One of the canonical books of the Old Testament. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 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;
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 ]