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
The Paul who here speaks is not the missionary and mystic, but the shrewd ecclesiastic.
From The Making of the New Testament by Bacon, Benjamin Wisner
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
