ecclesiastic
noun/ɪˌkliːziˈæstɪk/
/ɪˌkliːziˈæstɪk/
(formal)- a priest or minister in the Christian ChurchTopics Religion and festivalsc2Word Originlate Middle English: from French ecclésiastique, or via late Latin from Greek ekklēsiastikos, from ekklēsiastēs ‘member of an assembly’, from ekklēsia ‘assembly, church’, based on ekkalein ‘summon out’.
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