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ecclesiastic

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


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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

In an extraordinary display of papal power, Francis last November fired the Caritas secretary general, Aloysius John; the Caritas president, Filipino Cardinal Antonio Tagle; and Tagle’s vice presidents, the treasurer and ecclesiastic assistant.

From Seattle Times May 9, 2023

“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

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




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