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Meanings of ecclesiastic in English

Portuguese
clérigo
Catalan
eclesiàstic
Spanish
clérigo
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A clergyman or other person in religious orders.

clérigo
Portuguese
eclesiástico
Catalan
eclesiàstic

Of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church)

Related terms
eclesiástico
Usage of ecclesiastic in English
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My friend the drum-major ecclesiastic was down upon me in a moment.
Roundabout Papers
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Not a single ecclesiastic was there to take part in the ceremony.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 / (From Barbaro...
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As to the missionary fruits of this enterprise, the devoted ecclesiastic writes:
The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, ...
4
The third ecclesiastic went beyond all bounds, actually uttering the following words:
Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Volume 3
5
He finished his reply by tracing with his mahl-stick the ecclesiastic ordinance:
Bohemians of the Latin Quarter
6
I allow that it is the face of a refined, thorough-bred ecclesiastic.
The Hallam Succession
7
For generations their whole ecclesiastic and scholastic systems had been fundamentally democratic.
The Winning of the West, Volume 1 / From the Alleghanies to the ...
8
The words mean: Sweet-smelling, to make a scale, a fillet, an ecclesiastic.
St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, No. 07, May 18...
9
The ecclesiastic was a holy man, well shaped, and admirably well proportioned.
The Elixir of Life
10
What ecclesiastic, what nobleman, took the side of the oppressed-ofthe peasant?
Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest
11
The Lord have mercy then upon all establishments: legal, political, and ecclesiastic!'
The Adventures of Hugh Trevor
12
But as an ecclesiastic...O, but there! I broke off shortly, and laughed.
The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and might...
13
She divined the ardour of the Christian; perhaps the acuteness of the ecclesiastic.
Eleanor
14
All the caution of the Roman ecclesiastic,-theinheritance of centuries-spokein the glance.
Eleanor
15
The good ecclesiastic thanked the Emperor with tears in his eyes.
Recollections of the Private Life of Napoleon — Volume 05
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And no ecclesiastic shall suffer at the tribunal of an infidel.
Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face
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clérigo
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