Ecclesiastic

Definitions: Ecclesiastic

Ecclesiastic

Adjective

1. Of or associated with the Christian Church; "ecclesiastic history".

Noun

1. A clergyman or other person in religious orders.

Date "ecclesiastic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1385. (references)

Synonyms: Ecclesiastic

Synonyms: ecclesiastical (adj), churchman (n), cleric (n), divine (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Clergy	Clergyman, divine, ecclesiastic, churchman, priest, presbyter, hierophant, pastor, shepherd, minister; father, father in Christ; padre, abbe, cure; patriarch; reverend; black coat; confessor.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Ecclesiastic

English words defined with "ecclesiastic": a Kempis, Adar ♦ chancery ♦ Ecclesiast, ecclesiastically, Epistler ♦ Full canonicals ♦ Keeper of the King's conscience ♦ Nisan, Nissan ♦ Residentiary ♦ Spiritual court ♦ Tammuz, Thammuz, Thomas a Kempis ♦ Vicar apostolic. (references)

Specialty definitions using "ecclesiastic": Datary, Dogmatic Facts, Drum Ecclesiastic ♦ Ramshackle. (references)

Etymologies containing "ecclesiastic": Ecclesiastes. (references)

Domain	Usage
Lyrics	Your ecclesiastic skin ("Angels Would Fall"; performing artist: Melissa Etheridge)
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Domain	Title
Books	Ekadashi upavasa : with scientific, medical, and ecclesiastic explanation (reference) Patriarch and patriot : William Grant Broughton 1788-1853 : colonial statesman and ecclesiastic (reference) (more book examples)
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Author	Quotation
Daniel Defoe	Of all plagues with which mankind are cursed, ecclesiastic tyranny's the worst.
	And of all plagues with which mankind are cursed, ecclesiastic tyranny's the worst.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Switzerland	It later passed under the dominion of the German emperors in the form of small ecclesiastic and temporal holdings subject to imperial sovereignty. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	RAMSHACKLE, adj. Pertaining to a certain order of architecture, otherwise known as the Normal American. Most of the public buildings of the United States are of the Ramshackle order, though some of our earlier architects preferred the Ironic. Recent additions to the White House in Washington are Theo-Doric, the ecclesiastic order of the Dorians. They are exceedingly fine and cost one hundred dollars a brick.
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"Ecclesiastic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 90.00% of the time. "Ecclesiastic" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	90%	9	117,287
Noun (singular)	10%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	10	N/A

Language		Translations for "ecclesiastic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		klerikal (clerical, ecclesiastical), klerik (clergyman, cleric, dominie, priest), kishëtar (ecclesiastical). (various references)

Arabic		‏كنسي (ecclesiastical, spiritual), ‏كاهن (cassock, clergyman, clerical, cohen, minister, parson, presbyter, priest, rector, reverend, vicar). (various references)

Bulgarian		църковен (ecclesiastical, spiritual), духовник (churchman). (various references)

Czech		duchovní (clergyman, divine, ecclesiastical, intellectual, parson, sacred, spiritual). (various references)

Dutch		kerkelýk, geestelýk (mental, spiritual). (various references)

Esperanto		eklezia. (various references)

Farsi		مربوطبه کلیسا, کشیش (Cassock, Clergyman, Cleric, Divine, Minister, Priest, Provost), علم اداره ء کلیساها, اجتماعی (Civic, Collective, Order, Public, Republican, Social). (various references)

Finnish		pappismies (clergyman). (various references)

French		ecclésiastique (ecclesiastical). (various references)

German		geistlich (clerical, ecclesiastical, religious, sacred, spiritual). (various references)

Greek		κληρικόσ (churchman, clergyman, cleric, clerical, divine, dominie), εκκλησιαστικόσ (ecclesiastical). (various references)

Hebrew		כ� סיתי (cathedral, of church). (various references)

Hungarian		egyházi (churchman, ecclesiastical, parochial, spiritual, to inhibit), pap (clergyman, cleric, clerical, clerk, clerk in holy orders, minister, officiating minister, parson, Poppa, prelate, priest, rector, rev.). (various references)

Indonesian		alim-ulama. (various references)

Italian		ecclesiastico (churchman, clergyman, cleric, clerical, ecclesiastical). (various references)

Korean		성직자 (Churchman, Churchmen, Clergy, Clergyman, Clergymen, Cleric, minister, priest). (various references)

Manx		agglishagh (canonical, churchman, cleric, clerical, divine). (various references)

Papiamen		eklesiástiko. (various references)

Pig Latin		ecclesiasticay.(various references)

Portuguese		eclesiástico (canonic, canonical, churchman, clergyman, cleric, clerical, clericalist, clerk, ecclesiastical, parson, priest, priestly). (various references)

Romanian		ecleziastic (clergyman, cleric, clerical, spiritual), spiritual (bright, clever, ecclesiastical, ghostly, humorous, humoursome, immaterial, ingeniously, mental, moral, neat, sacerdotal, sacred, smart, spirited, spiritual, witty), cleric (clergyman, cleric, priest). (various references)

Russian		священнослужитель, духовное лицо (cleric, clerk, confessor). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		sveštenik (churchman, clergyman, cleric, minister, pastor, priest, reverend, vicar), crkveni (church, ecclesiastical). (various references)

Spanish		eclesiástico (church, churchman, clergyman, cleric, ecclesiastical). (various references)

Swedish		präst (clergyman, cleric, divine, jack-priest, minister, padre, parson, pastor, priest, priestling, Reverend, vicar). (various references)

Thai		นักบวช (โ�"ยเฉพาะในศาสนาคริสต์). (various references)

Ukranian		священнослужитель (priest), церковний (church, ecclesiastical, spiritual), духовний (clerical, ecclesiastical, ghostly, inward, psychic, sacred, spiritual, unworldly). (various references)

Vietnamese		thầy tu (cloisterer, ecclesiastical, monk, priest, shaveling). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Greek	700 BCE-300 CE	ekklesiastikos. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "ecclesiastic": ecclesiastical, ecclesiastically, ecclesiasticism, ecclesiasticisms, ecclesiastics. (additional references)
	Words containing "ecclesiastic": nonecclesiastical. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Ecclesiastic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acclesiastic, eccelesiastic, eccleseastic, ecclesiactic, ecclesiasti, Ecclesiastica, ecclesiastici, ecclesiastis, ecclesiatic, ecclestiastic, ecclesuastic, ecclisiastic, ecleseastic, eclesiastic, eclisiastic. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "ecclesiastic" (pronounced iklē'zēa"stik)
7	-z ē a" s t i k	enthusiastic, unenthusiastic.
5	-a" s t i k	bombastic, drastic, dynastic, elastic, fantastic, gymnastic, iconoclastic, inelastic, interscholastic, monastic, onomastic, plastic, sarcastic, scholastic, thermoplastic.
4	-s t i k	acoustic, agnostic, altruistic, anachronistic, antagonistic, artistic, atavistic, atheistic, autistic, ballistic, capitalistic, caustic, characteristic, chauvinistic, coloristic, cystic, deterministic, diagnostic, domestic, drumstick, dualistic, euphemistic, evangelistic, expressionistic, fatalistic, feudalistic, futuristic, hedonistic, holistic, humanistic, idealistic, imperialistic, impressionistic, individualistic, jingoistic, journalistic, legalistic, linguistic, logistic, majestic, masochistic, materialistic, mechanistic, militaristic, monopolistic, moralistic, mystic, narcissistic, nationalistic, naturalistic, novelistic, oligopolistic, opportunistic, optimistic, pantheistic, paternalistic, patristic, pessimistic, pluralistic, polytheistic, primitivistic, propagandistic, puristic, realistic, relativistic, ritualistic, rustic, sadistic, sensationalistic, simplistic, socialistic, statistic, stylistic, surrealistic, synergistic, terroristic, uncharacteristic, unrealistic, voyeuristic.
3	-t i k	acetic, acrobatic, aerobatic, aesthetic, alphabetic, amniotic, analytic, anesthetic, Antarctic, antibiotic, antic, anticlimactic, antiseptic, aortic, apathetic, apocalyptic, apologetic, apoplectic, aquatic, arctic, aristocratic, arithmetic, aromatic, arthritic, ascetic, asthmatic, astronautic, asymptomatic, athletic, attic, authentic, autocratic, automatic, axiomatic, bureaucratic, catalytic, cathartic, chaotic, charismatic, chiropractic, cinematic, climactic, climatic, cosmetic, critic, cryptic, cultic, democratic, dendritic, despotic, diabetic, diagrammatic, dialectic, diamagnetic, didactic, dietetic, diplomatic, diuretic, dogmatic, dramatic, eclectic, ecliptic, ecstatic, electrolytic, electromagnetic, electrostatic, emblematic, emetic, empathetic, emphatic, energetic, enigmatic, enzymatic, epigenetic, epileptic, erotic, erratic, exotic, extragalactic, fanatic, ferromagnetic, fiberoptic, frantic, frenetic, galactic, genetic, geomagnetic, gigantic, granitic, halophytic, hectic, hemolytic, hepatic, heretic, hermaphroditic, homeostatic, homiletic, hyperkinetic, hypnotic, idiomatic, idiosyncratic, idiotic, kinesthetic, kinetic, lactic, lymphatic, magnetic, mathematic, melodramatic, monochromatic, narcotic, neritic, neurotic, numismatic, operatic, optic, orthodontic, pancreatic, paralytic, paramagnetic, parasitic, parasympathetic, parthenogenetic, pathetic, patriotic, pectic, pedantic, peptic, peripatetic, phonetic, phosphatic, pneumatic, poetic, porphyritic, posttraumatic, pragmatic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, prophetic, prophylactic, prostatic, prosthetic, psychoanalytic, psychosomatic, psychotherapeutic, psychotic, quixotic, rheumatic, robotic, romantic, schematic, semantic, semiautomatic, semiotic, septic, skeptic, static, sycophantic, symbiotic, sympathetic, symptomatic, synthetic, systematic, tactic, technocratic, thematic, theocratic, therapeutic, thrombolytic, transatlantic, traumatic, triptych, unapologetic, unauthentic, undemocratic, undiplomatic, unpatriotic, unsympathetic.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-c-c-e-e-i-i-l-s-s-t"
	-3 letters: eclectics, silicates.
	-4 letters: ascetics, calcites, calcitic, celestas, cicelies, ciliates, clastics, ecclesia, eclectic, elastics, laicises, scaliest, sciatics, scilicet, silicate.
	-5 letters: ascetic, ascites, ascitic, calcite, calices, castles, celesta, celiacs, ciliate, cilices, classic, clastic, clitics, easiest, ectases, ectasis, elastic, elicits, iceless, icicles, italics, laciest, laicise, laities, latices, liaises, listees, salties, sciatic, sectile, selects, silesia, silicas, teasels, telesis, tieless.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-c-c-e-e-i-i-l-s-s-t"
	+1 letter: ecclesiastics.
	+2 letters: ecclesiastical.
	+3 letters: ecclesiasticism.
	+4 letters: ecclesiastically, ecclesiasticisms.
	+5 letters: nonecclesiastical.
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