Ecclesiastic
Ecclesiastic (?; 277) , adjective
[Latin ecclesiasticus, Greek {not transcribed}, from {not transcribed} an assembly of citizens called out by the crier; also, the church, from {not transcribed} called out, from {not transcribed} to call out; 'ek out + {not transcribed} to call. See Ex-, and Hale, transitive verb, Haul.]
Of or pertaining to the church. See Ecclesiastical.
Ecclesiastic government.
Ecclesiastic , noun
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.