ecclesiastic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a clergyman or other person in religious orders
    cleric; divine; churchman.
  2. adjective of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church)
    ecclesiastical.
    • ecclesiastic history

WordNet

Ec*cle`si*as"tic adjective
Etymology
L. ecclesiasticus, Gr. , fr. an assembly of citizens called out by the crier; also, the church, fr. called out, fr. to call out; out + to call. See Ex-, and Hale, v. t., Haul.
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to the church. See Ecclesiastical. "Ecclesiastic government." Swift.
Ec*cle`si*as"tic noun
Definitions
  1. A person in holy orders, or consecrated to the service of the church and the ministry of religion; a clergyman; a priest.
    From a humble ecclesiastic, he was subsequently preferred to the highest dignities of the church. Prescott.

Webster 1913