ecclesiastic
/ɪˌkliː.ziˈæs.tɪk/
ecclesiastic adjective: of or pertaining to the church; ecclesiastical.
Adjective
ecclesiastic (comparative more ecclesiastic, superlative most ecclesiastic)
- Of or pertaining to the church; ecclesiastical.
- Synonyms:
- churchical, churchlike, ecclesial, churchish, churchly, churchy, ecclesiastical
Noun
ecclesiastic (plural ecclesiastics)
- A cleric, especially one in a Christian church.
ecclesiastic meaning in Malayalam and Kannada
ecclesiastic in Malayalam
- priest, clergyman, clergywoman
- പുരോഹിതൻ, വെെദികൻ, ക്രിസ്തീയ പുരോഹിതൻ, കുമ്പസാരം കേൾക്കുന്നയാൾ, റമ്പാൻ, ഇടയൻ
- ecclesiastical, clerical, priestly
- പൗരോഹിത്യപരമായ, ദേവാലയസംബന്ധമായ, പുരോഹിതനെസംബന്ധിച്ച, വെെദികവൃത്തിയെ സംബന്ധിച്ച, മതപരമായ, സഭാസംബന്ധിയായ
ecclesiastic in Kannada
- ಮತಬೋಧಕ, ಮತಪ್ರಚಾರಕ, ಪಾದ್ರಿ
Synonyms of ecclesiastic
Forms of ecclesiastic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more ecclesiastic |
| superlative | most ecclesiastic |
| alternative form | ecclesiastick |
| Noun | |
| plural | ecclesiastics |
Origin of ecclesiastic
From Middle English ecclesyastyke, from Late Latin ecclēsiasticus (“of the church”), from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησιαστικός (ekklēsiastikós). By surface analysis, ecclesiast + -ic. Doublet of Ecclesiasticus.
Words formed from ecclesiastic
Words that rhyme with ecclesiastic
- plastic
- elastic
- fantastic
- bombastic
- mastic
- spastic
- heteroplastic
- inelastic
- periphrastic
- pleonastic
- aclastic
- alloplastic
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- anaclastic
- anaplastic
- anticlastic
- aplastic
- autoplastic
- basiplastic
- ceroplastic
- chiastic
- clastic
- cosmoplastic
- drastic
- encomiastic
- enthusiastic
- epispastic
- gelastic
- gymnastic
- heteroblastic
- holophrastic
- homoblastic
- homoplastic
- macroplastic
- normoplastic
- onomastic
- paraphrastic
- sarcastic
- synclastic
- achondroplastic
- agelastic
- antineoplastic
- antiphrastic
- antispastic
- apicoplastic
- autoschediastic
- cataclastic
- chiliastic
- conplastic
- cranioplastic
- docimastic
- dramastic
- dynastic
- dysplastic
- ectoblastic
- ectoplastic
- electroplastic
- emplastic
- epiblastic
- epinastic
- esemplastic
Questions about ecclesiastic
- What does ecclesiastic mean?
- Ecclesiastic means of or pertaining to the church; ecclesiastical.
- What is ecclesiastic in Malayalam?
- Ecclesiastic in Malayalam is പുരോഹിതൻ, വെെദികൻ, ക്രിസ്തീയ പുരോഹിതൻ. See Ecclesiastic meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is ecclesiastic?
- Ecclesiastic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce ecclesiastic?
- Ecclesiastic is pronounced /ɪˌkliː.ziˈæs.tɪk/.
Words near ecclesiastic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ecclesiastic (page history and authors); ecclesiastic (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ecclesiastic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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