01 a. Of or pertaining to the church. See Ecclesiastical.
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Of or pertaining to the church. See Ecclesiastical. See: Ecclesiastical
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Webster, 1913
Ecclesiastic
02 n. A person in holy orders, or consecrated to the service of the church and the ministry of religion; a clergyman; a priest.
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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.