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Definition of: ecclesiastic
(i·klē′zē·as′tik) adjective Ecclesiastical.
—noun
1. One officially set apart for the service of the church; a cleric; a churchman: used chiefly in episcopal communions.
2. In early church history, a member of the established or orthodox church, as distinguished from heretics and unbelievers. [<Gk. ekklēsiastikos for the assembly <ekklēsia assembly]
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