Ecclesiastic
noun
A church official, especially a priest or other cleric.
He was an ecclesiastic who was known for his calming sermons.
Often appears as...
- ecclesiastic duties
- ecclesiastic role
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Formal
adjective
Related to the Christian Church or its clergy.
He didn't agree with several ecclesiastic decisions made by the church.
Often appears as...
- ecclesiastic structure
- ecclesiastic law
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A church official, especially a priest or other cleric.
He was an ecclesiastic who was known for his calming sermons.
Often appears as...
- ecclesiastic duties
- ecclesiastic role
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
Related to the Christian Church or its clergy.
He didn't agree with several ecclesiastic decisions made by the church.
Often appears as...
- ecclesiastic structure
- ecclesiastic law
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Church Positions
Ecclesiastic often refers to high-ranking church figures, not just any church member.
Being an ecclesiastic, he had responsibilities that involved leading ceremonies.
Pro Tip 2/3Authority Aspect
Ecclesiastics command respect and authority in religious contexts and rituals.
As an ecclesiastic, her guidance was sought for spiritual matters.
Pro Tip 3/3Professional Clergy
The term implies professional involvement in the church, not volunteer work.
He studied for years to become an ecclesiastic and serve his congregation.
Pro Tip 1/3Church Positions
Ecclesiastic often refers to high-ranking church figures, not just any church member.
Being an ecclesiastic, he had responsibilities that involved leading ceremonies.
Pro Tip 2/3Authority Aspect
Ecclesiastics command respect and authority in religious contexts and rituals.
As an ecclesiastic, her guidance was sought for spiritual matters.
Pro Tip 3/3Professional Clergy
The term implies professional involvement in the church, not volunteer work.
He studied for years to become an ecclesiastic and serve his congregation.
Pro Tip 1/3Church Positions
Ecclesiastic often refers to high-ranking church figures, not just any church member.
Being an ecclesiastic, he had responsibilities that involved leading ceremonies.
Pro Tip 2/3Authority Aspect
Ecclesiastics command respect and authority in religious contexts and rituals.
As an ecclesiastic, her guidance was sought for spiritual matters.
Pro Tip 3/3Professional Clergy
The term implies professional involvement in the church, not volunteer work.
He studied for years to become an ecclesiastic and serve his congregation.
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James Forbes: Compassion...
Twelve in their ecclesiastical or cultural or tribal attire affirming one message. We are so connected that we must treat each other
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James Forbes: Compassion...
Twelve in their ecclesiastical or cultural or tribal attire affirming one message. We are so connected that we must treat each other
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Quote examples
Pope Francis
Argentinian Clergyman
In our ecclesiastical region there are priests who don't baptize the children of single mothers because they weren't conceived in the sanctity of marriage. These are today's hypocrites. Those who clericalize the church. Those who separate the people of God from salvation.
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Eugene Kennedy
American Psychologist
Most ecclesiastical relics are fixed in time at the moment of their manufacture. That is why they are offered for veneration in casings that resemble pocket watches. They have lost their claim to mystery because they are so clearly the products of time.
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Joseph Story
American Judge
It was under a solemn consciousness of the dangers from ecclesiastical ambition, the bigotry of spiritual pride, and the intolerance of sects... that is was deemed advisable to exclude from the national government all power to act upon the subject.
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Lucretia Mott
American Activist
Those who read the Scriptures and judge for themselves, not resting satisfied with the perverted application of the text, do not find the distinction that theology and ecclesiastical authorities have made in the condition of the sexes.
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Charles Buck
Although it was in primitive times and differently called the Lord's day or Sunday, yet it was never denominated the Sabbath; a name constantly appropriate to Saturday, or the Seventh day both by sacred and ecclesiastical writers.
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Richard Foster
American Theologian
We bless the organized church structures and their meetings. But if there are 10,000 others that meet outside of these ecclesiastical structures, that's wonderful, too. The kingdom of God moves forward in lots and lots of ways.
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Joseph Franklin Rutherford
American Clergyman
The ecclesiastical system of Rome, and particularly its leaders, for a thousand years and more thought that the earth is fixed and that everything else revolves about it.
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Lionel Blue
British Clergyman
The secular world is more spiritual than it thinks, just as the ecclesiastical world is more materialist than it cares to acknowledge.
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H. L. Mencken
American Writer
Archbishop - A Christian ecclesiastic of a rank superior to that attained by Christ.
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Andres Serrano
American Photographer
Some people have compared the Klan images to ecclesiastical figures.
Quote examples
Pope Francis
Argentinian Clergyman
In our ecclesiastical region there are priests who don't baptize the children of single mothers because they weren't conceived in the sanctity of marriage. These are today's hypocrites. Those who clericalize the church. Those who separate the people of God from salvation.
Quote examples
Eugene Kennedy
American Psychologist
Most ecclesiastical relics are fixed in time at the moment of their manufacture. That is why they are offered for veneration in casings that resemble pocket watches. They have lost their claim to mystery because they are so clearly the products of time.
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Joseph Story
American Judge
It was under a solemn consciousness of the dangers from ecclesiastical ambition, the bigotry of spiritual pride, and the intolerance of sects... that is was deemed advisable to exclude from the national government all power to act upon the subject.
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Lucretia Mott
American Activist
Those who read the Scriptures and judge for themselves, not resting satisfied with the perverted application of the text, do not find the distinction that theology and ecclesiastical authorities have made in the condition of the sexes.
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Charles Buck
Although it was in primitive times and differently called the Lord's day or Sunday, yet it was never denominated the Sabbath; a name constantly appropriate to Saturday, or the Seventh day both by sacred and ecclesiastical writers.
Quote examples
Richard Foster
American Theologian
We bless the organized church structures and their meetings. But if there are 10,000 others that meet outside of these ecclesiastical structures, that's wonderful, too. The kingdom of God moves forward in lots and lots of ways.
Quote examples
Joseph Franklin Rutherford
American Clergyman
The ecclesiastical system of Rome, and particularly its leaders, for a thousand years and more thought that the earth is fixed and that everything else revolves about it.
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Lionel Blue
British Clergyman
The secular world is more spiritual than it thinks, just as the ecclesiastical world is more materialist than it cares to acknowledge.
Quote examples
H. L. Mencken
American Writer
Archbishop - A Christian ecclesiastic of a rank superior to that attained by Christ.
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Andres Serrano
American Photographer
Some people have compared the Klan images to ecclesiastical figures.
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