ecclesiastic
pronunciation
How to pronounce ecclesiastic in British English:
UK [ɪˌkli:ziˈæstɪk]
How to pronounce ecclesiastic in American English:
US [ɪˌkliziˈæstɪk]
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- Noun:
- a clergyman or other person in religious orders
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- Adjective:
- of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church)
Word Origin
- ecclesiastic (adj.)
- late 15c., from Middle French ecclésiastique and directly from Late Latin ecclesiasticus, from Greek ekklesiastikos "of the (ancient Athenian) assembly," in late Greek, "of the church," from ekklesiastes "speaker in an assembly or church, preacher," from ekkalein "to call out," from ek "out" (see ex-) + kalein "to call" (see claim (v.)). As a noun, "one holding an office in the Christian ministry," 1650s; it also was used as a noun in Late Latin.
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Example
- 1. The ecclesiastic universities started to merge into the chinese society and education system .
- 2. An office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records ; a court of public records .
- 3. The man and the ecclesiastic fought within him , and the victory fell to the man .
- 4. Because of the tradition of scientific research of christian and the belief that religion was the origin of science , science became the most important content in the chinese ecclesiastic universities .
- 5. At first , the principle of the ecclesiastic universities was illustrated that their aim had been to cultivate social elites and in fact had achieved great success .