Definition for Ecclesiastic:

• One consecrated to the church, a priest, a clergyman.

Synonyms for Ecclesiastic:

• adj.

  •churchly (adjective)
  • more churchlike,
  • churchiest,
  • churchier,
  • churchlike,
  • most churchlike,
  • Churchy.
  •clerical (adjective)
  • priestlier,
  • more parsonical,
  • most episcopal,
  • most theocratical,
  • more monkish,
  • most parsonical,
  • most monkish,
  • most apostolic,
  • most rabbinical,
  • more parsonish,
  • Theocratical,
  • more rabbinical,
  • most ecclesiastic,
  • more theocratical,
  • more cleric,
  • most parsonish,
  • most prelatic,
  • more ecclesiastic,
  • more episcopal,
  • priestly,
  • most cleric,
  • more prelatic,
  • monkish,
  • more apostolic,
  • priestliest,
  • holy.
  •ecclesiastic (adjective)
  • papal,
  • ministerial,
  • evangelical,
  • pastoral.
  •pert (adjective)
  • ecclesiastic.

• n.

  •
  • bishopric,
  • the Archbishop of Canterbury,
  • archbishopric.
  •
  • clerk,
  • religion.
  •church person (noun)
  • chaplain,
  • divine,
  • abbot.
  •clergy (noun)
  • curate,
  • bishop,
  • canon,
  • evangelist,
  • prior,
  • novice,
  • brother,
  • pope,
  • archpriest,
  • pilgrim,
  • Canoness,
  • missionary,
  • prioress,
  • cardinal,
  • sister,
  • monk,
  • rector,
  • nun.
  •clergyman (noun)
  • the revs,
  • turn around collars,
  • turn-around collars,
  • turn around collar,
  • harp polishers,
  • sky scouts,
  • devil dodgers,
  • turnaround collars,
  • turnaround collar.
  •clergyperson (noun)
  • bi shops,
  • arch bishops,
  • arch-bishops,
  • bi-shop,
  • ecclesiasts,
  • predicants,
  • arch-bishop,
  • churchpeople,
  • arch bishop,
  • pulpiteers,
  • person the cloth,
  • bi-shops,
  • person cloth,
  • bi shop,
  • person of cloth,
  • blackcoats,
  • person god,
  • pulpitarians.
  •dean (noun)
  • pro-fessor,
  • pro fessors,
  • pro fessor,
  • pro-fessors.
  •ecclesiastic (noun)
  • ecclesiastical.
  •father (noun)
  • abbe.
  •preacher (noun)
  • pulpiters.
  •priest (noun)
  • man cloth,
  • man god,
  • holy men,
  • man the cloth,
  • man of cloth.
  •theologian (noun)
  • philosopher.
  •vicar (noun)
  • vice-gerents,
  • vice-gerent,
  • vice gerents,
  • vicegerents.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • layman.

Antonyms for Ecclesiastic:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    secular, profane, nonsectarian, lay, temporal, nondenominational.

Ecclesiastic Sentence Examples:

• But the humble ecclesiastic excited no apprehension; and his enemies were already disarmed, before he had begun his approaches.

• And this marriage, concluded contrary to the opinion of his cotemporaries, and amidst the derision of his opponents, was an act to which we Germans owe as much, as we do to all the years in which, as an ecclesiastic of the old Church, he had by deeds supported his theology.

Homophones for Ecclesiastic:

• Ecclesiastes, Ecclesiasticus, eclectic.