ecclesiastic
noun
[ ɪˌkliːzɪˈastɪk ]
• a priest or member of the clergy.
Similar:
clergyman,
clergywoman,
priest,
churchman,
churchwoman,
man/woman of the cloth,
man/woman of God,
cleric,
minister,
preacher,
chaplain,
father,
divine,
theologian,
bishop,
pastor,
vicar,
rector,
parson,
(assistant) curate,
deacon,
deaconess,
kirkman,
abbé,
curé,
dominie,
reverend,
padre,
Holy Joe,
sky pilot,
josser,
Bible-basher,
God-botherer,
ecclesiastic
adjective
• another term for ecclesiastical.
Origin:
late Middle English: from French ecclésiastique, or via late Latin from Greek ekklēsiastikos, from ekklēsiastēs ‘member of an assembly’, from ekklēsia ‘assembly, church’, based on ekkalein ‘summon out’.
