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神职者,牧师,教会神职者的,牧师的,教会的
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Ecclesiastic \Ec*cle`si*as"tic\ (?; 277), a. [L. ecclesiasticus,
Gr. ?, fr. ? an assembly of citizens called out by the crier;
also, the church, fr. ? called out, fr. ? to call out; ? out
+ ? to call. See {Ex-}, and {Hale}, v. t., {Haul}.]
Of or pertaining to the church. See {Ecclesiastical}.
``Ecclesiastic government.'' --Swift.
Ecclesiastic \Ec*cle`si*as"tic\, n.
A person in holy orders, or consecrated to the service of the
church and the ministry of religion; a clergyman; a priest.
From a humble ecclesiastic, he was subsequently
preferred to the highest dignities of the church.
--Prescott.
资料来源 : WordNet®
ecclesiastic
adj : of or associated with a church (especially a Christian
Church); "ecclesiastic history" [syn: {ecclesiastical}]
ecclesiastic
n : a clergyman or other person in religious orders [syn: {cleric},
{churchman}, {divine}]