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ecclesiastic

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ecclesiastic /ɪˌkliːziˈastɪk / formal
▸ noun a priest or member of the clergy.
▸ adjective another term for ecclesiastical
– ORIGIN late Middle English: from French ecclésiastique, or via late Latin from Greek ekklēsiastikos, from ekklēsiastēs ‘member of an assembly’, from ekklēsia ‘assembly, church’, based on ekkalein ‘summon out’.