ecclesiastic

ecclesiastic

English

Alternative forms

• ecclesiastick

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əkliziˈæstɪk/
• 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) 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) Norwegian: Bokmål: kirkelig Nynorsk: kyrkjeleg Portuguese: eclesiástico (pt) Russian: церко́вный (ru) (cerkóvnyj) Swedish: kyrklig (sv)

Noun

ecclesiastic (plural ecclesiastics)

1. A cleric.

Translations

one who adheres to a church-based philosophy

Esperanto: religiulo, religiulino (female) German: Geistlicher (de) m, Geistliche (de) f

Greek: κληρικός (el) m (klirikós)