| ADJECTIVE | pert | ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical | of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church) |
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| NOUN | person | ecclesiastic, cleric, churchman, divine | a clergyman or other person in religious orders |
| Sounds | ihkliy.ziyae'stihk | |
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| Rhymes | academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk... | |
| Meaning | Of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church). | |
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| Example | "ecclesiastic history" | |
| Synonym | ecclesiastical | |
| Spanish | eclesiástico | |
| Catalan | eclesiàstic | |
| Nouns | church | one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship |
| Adverbs | ecclesiastically | in an ecclesiastic manner |
| Meaning | A clergyman or other person in religious orders. | |
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| Synonyms | cleric, churchman, divine | |
| Instances | Bruno, Saint Bruno, St. Bruno | (Roman Catholic Church) a French cleric (born in Germany) who founded the Carthusian order in 1084 (1032-1101) |
| a Kempis, Thomas a Kempis | German ecclesiastic (1380-1471) | |
| Narrower | ordainer | A cleric who ordains |
| pardoner | A medieval cleric who raised money for the church by selling papal indulgences | |
| pluralist | A cleric who holds more than one benefice at a time / time | |
| Broader | clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth | A member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church |
| Spanish | clérigo, eclesiástico | |
| Catalan | clergue, eclesiàstic | |
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