ecclesiastic

English

Alternative forms

• ecclesiastick

Etymology

From Middle French ecclésiastique, from Late Latin ecclesiasticus (“of the church”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: əklēzēăs'tĭk, IPA^(key): /əkliziˈæstɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æstɪk

Adjective

ecclesiastic (comparative more ecclesiastic, superlative most ecclesiastic)

1. Of or pertaining to the church; ecclesiastical.

Usage notes

Ecclesiastical is more commonly used.

Related terms

• see Ecclesiastes

Translations

pertaining to the church

• Bulgarian: църковен (cǎrkoven), свещенически (bg) (svešteničeski)
• Czech: církevní (cs)
• Danish: gejstlig, kirke-
• Dutch: ecclesiastisch (nl), kerkelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: eklezia
• Finnish: kirkollinen (fi)
• French: ecclésiastique (fr)
• Galician: eclesiástico (gl) m
• German: kirchlich (de), geistlich (de)
• Greek: εκκλησιαστικός (el) m (ekklisiastikós)
• Macedonian: цр́ковен (cŕkoven)
• Manx: agglishagh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kirkelig

  Nynorsk: kyrkjeleg

• Old English: ċiriclīċ
• Portuguese: eclesiástico (pt)
• Russian: церко́вный (ru) (cerkóvnyj)
• Swedish: kyrklig (sv)

Noun

ecclesiastic (plural ecclesiastics)

1. A cleric, especially one in a Christian church.

   Hypernym: cleric

Translations

one who adheres to a church-based philosophy

• Bulgarian: духовник (bg) m (duhovnik)
• Dutch: geestelijke (nl) m, clericus (nl) m
• Esperanto: religiulo, religiulino (female)
• German: Geistlicher (de) m, Geistliche (de) f
• Greek: κληρικός (el) m (klirikós)
• Irish: eaglaiseach m
• Macedonian: ду́ховник m (dúhovnik)
• Manx: agglishagh m