Definitions for ecclesiastic

ecclesiastic ec·cle·si·as·tic

Spelling: [ih-klee-zee-as-tik]
IPA: /ɪˌkli ziˈæs tɪk/

Ecclesiastic is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 561 anagrams from letters in ecclesiastic (accceeiilsst).

Definitions for ecclesiastic

noun

  1. a member of the clergy or other person in religious orders.
  2. a member of the ecclesia in ancient Athens.

adjective

  1. ecclesiastical.

Origin of ecclesiastic

1475-85; Late Latin ecclēsiasticus Greek ekklēsiastikós. See Ecclesiastes, -ic

Examples for ecclesiastic

Barclay seems to have been first an Englishman, then an ecclesiastic.

Among them was a younger brother of La Salle, with an ecclesiastic called M. Cavalier, and also a nephew.

He is a diplomatist, an ecclesiastic, an embodiment of all that is severe and archaic in authority.

My reputation then was blasted by the industry of this ecclesiastic.

Far off, in the almost empty nave, an ecclesiastic was preaching.

That painted window's said to be the oldest of any, not ecclesiastic, in Europe.

By the side of this ecclesiastic, his Wolsley is, so to speak, nowhere.

The dress of the ecclesiastic was much more imposing than that of the boatmen.

Is it your intention to condemn my son to be an ecclesiastic?

Footnote 345: This ecclesiastic was much in the royal confidence.

Word Value for ecclesiastic
Scrable

18

Words with friends

22

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