ecclesiast
Example Sentences
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It had evidently been passed on to him from a higher authority than the Abbot, for only the address was in the handwriting of that learned ecclesiast.
From The Firebrand by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
Henry becoming an ecclesiast was created abbot of Glastonbury and bishop of Winchester.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
Not even the highest ecclesiast can be at his devotions always.
From Shandygaff by Morley, Christopher
A famous ecclesiast, when on his way to the coast, was forced to spend the night in the King's Lynn Inn, owing to a violent snowstorm.
From Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter by O'Donnell, Elliott
He was somewhat prominent as an ecclesiast, and he was a Sunday School worker in his ward.
From Under the Prophet in Utah; the National Menace of a Political Priestcraft by O'Higgins, Harvey Jerrold
