| a. | 1. | Of or pertaining to the church. See Ecclesiastical. |
| n. | 1. | A person in holy orders, or consecrated to the service of the church and the ministry of religion; a clergyman; a priest. |
| Noun | 1. | ecclesiastic - a clergyman or other person in religious orders |
| Adj. | 1. | ecclesiastic - of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church); "ecclesiastic history" Synonyms: ecclesiastical |
ECCLESIASTIC. A clergyman; one destined to the divine ministry, as, a bishop, a priest, a deacon. Dom. Lois Civ. liv. prel. t. 2, s. 2, n. 14.
DD, Doctor of Divinity, Holy Joe, abbe, chaplain, churchman, clergyman, cleric, clerical, clerk, curate, cure, divine, man of God, military chaplain, minister, padre, parson, pastor, preacher, rector, reverend, servant of God, shepherd, sky pilot, supply clergy, supply minister, the Reverend, the very Reverend, tonsured cleric