ecclesiastic

Example Sentences

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One would think that such a noble ecclesiastic gathering would be governed by wisdom and good sense.

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2024

“There is nothing of the sour expecting-damnation ecclesiastic about this expostulator,” wrote Variety critic Robert Landry, who had his fill of Bible-thumping evangelists like Billy Sunday, in 1931.

From Slate • Jan. 21, 2021

In the skies above, a Georgian Orthodox archbishop in full ecclesiastic regalia sat inside a helicopter clutching a framed icon.

From Washington Post • Apr. 9, 2020

Nuns are obliged to wear their ecclesiastic clothes at all times.

From The Guardian • Oct. 7, 2019

It was first published at Venice in 1508, by an ecclesiastic named Moncetti, from a MS. which he alleged to be in his possession, but which no one seems to have seen.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various