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Definition of ecclesiastic : 1. A person in holy orders, or consecrated to the service of the church and the ministry of religion; a clergyman; a priest.
2. Of or pertaining to the church. See Ecclesiastical.

Synonyms:

clerk, churchwoman, parson, religion, ecclesiastical, clergywoman, divine, churchman

novice, pilgrim, abbess, pope, missionary, reverend, cleric, chaplain, archdeacon, evangelist, nun, curate, friar, minister, prioress, priest, father, canon, vicar, sister, clergyman, abbot, rector, archbishop, bishop, archpriest, prior, monk, prelate, cardinal, canoness, pastor, brother, preacher

Evangelical, Papal, pastoral, ministerial, clerical

Usage examples:

• Having got a boat with two men in it at the end of the street in which stood the convent, I went there in the dress of an ecclesiastic, just as the French burst into the town. - "With Moore At Corunna", G. A. Henty.
• Claude Joly, the uncle of Guy, an ecclesiastic, has also left anti- Mazarin writings of less literary worth. - "A Short History of French Literature", George Saintsbury.
• The aged ecclesiastic had turned his face towards me. - "Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes", Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.