ecclesiastic

¹ec·cle·si·as·tic

adj \-ˈas-tik\

Definition of ECCLESIASTIC

: ecclesiastical

Examples of ECCLESIASTIC

1. <a council to make final determinations on ecclesiastic matters>

First Known Use of ECCLESIASTIC

15th century

Related to ECCLESIASTIC

Synonyms: churchly, ecclesial, ecclesiastical

Antonyms: nonchurch, nonecclesiastical

Related Words: blessed (also blest), consecrated, divine, hallowed, holy, religious, sacramental, sacred, sacrosanct, sanctified; apostolic, canonical, clerical, episcopal, evangelical (also evangelic), ministerial, papal, pastoral, patriarchal, pontifical, priestly, rabbinic (or rabbinical), sacerdotal

Near Antonyms: lay, profane, secular, temporal; nonclerical; nondenominational, nonsectarian

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Other Christian Religious Terms

Pentateuch, blasphemy, curate, doxology, eremite, iconoclasm, liturgy, orison, pneuma, reliquary

Rhymes with ECCLESIASTIC

encomiastic, enthusiastic, iconoclastic, interscholastic