ecclesiastic

ecclesiastic

adjective

Definition of ECCLESIASTIC

of or relating to a church <a council to make final determinations on ecclesiastic matters>

Synonyms churchly, ecclesial, ecclesiastic

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

Antonyms nonchurch, nonecclesiastical