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Of or pertaining to the church. See Ecclesiastical.

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  1. v. t. Of or pertaining to the church. See Ecclesiastical.
  2. n. A person in holy orders, or consecrated to the service of the church and the ministry of religion; a clergyman; a priest.
  3. adj. of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church)
  4. n. a clergyman or other person in religious orders
  5. Of or pertaining to the church. See Ecclesiastical. "Ecclesiastic government." Swift. 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.
  6. Of or pertaining to the church. See Ecclesiastical."Ecclesiastic government." Swift.
  7. j:62/n:38 n a clergyman or other person in religious orders a of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church)