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   ecclesiastic

   /ɪˌkliːzɪˈastɪk/

   noun

   • 1. a priest or member of the clergy.

   adjective

   • 1. another term for ecclesiastical

   Word 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’.

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