Part 3587

<hw>Ec*cle"si*ast</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An ecclesiastic.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The Apocryphal book of Ecclesiasticus.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Ecclesiastes</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>Ec*cle`si*as"tes</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/ a preacher. See <er>Ecclesiastic</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>One of the canonical books of the Old Testament.</def>

<h1>Ecclesiastic</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>Ec*cle`si*as"tic</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ecclesiasticus</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ an assembly of citizens called out by the crier; also, the church, fr. <?/ called out, fr. <?/ to call out; <?/ out + <?/ to call. See <er>Ex-</er>, and <er>Hale</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, <er>Haul</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the church. See <er>Ecclesiastical</er>.</def> "<i>Ecclesiastic</i> government."

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Ecclesiastic</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>Ec*cle`si*as"tic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A person in holy orders, or consecrated to the service of the church and the ministry of religion; a clergyman; a priest.</def>

<blockquote>From a humble <b>ecclesiastic</b>, he was subsequently preferred to the highest dignities of the church. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ecclesiastical</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>Ec*cle`si*as"tic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Ecclesiastical</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization or government of the church; not secular; <as>as, <ex>ecclesiastical</ex> affairs or history; <ex>ecclesiastical</ex> courts.</as></def>

<blockquote>Every circumstance of <b>ecclesiastical</b> order and discipline was an abomination. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Ecclesiastical commissioners for England</col>, <cd>a permanent commission established by Parliament in 1836, to consider and report upon the affairs of the Established Church.</cd> -- <col>Ecclesiastical courts</col>, <cd>courts for maintaining the discipline of the Established Church; -- called also <altname>Christian courts</altname>.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> -- <col>Ecclesiastical law</col>, <cd>a combination of civil and canon law as administered in ecclesiastical courts.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> -- <col>Ecclesiastical modes</col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>the church modes, or the scales anciently used.</cd> -- <col>Ecclesiastical States</col>, <cd>the territory formerly subject to the Pope of Rome as its temporal ruler; -- called also <altname>States of the Church</altname>.</cd><-- and Papal States. --></cs>

<h1>Ecclesiastically</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>Ec*cle`si*as"tic*al*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an ecclesiastical manner; according ecclesiastical rules.</def>

<h1>Ecclesiasticism</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>Ec*cle`si*as"ti*cism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Strong attachment to ecclesiastical usages, forms, etc.</def>

<h1>Ecclesiasticus</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>Ec*cle`si*as"ti*cus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>A book of the Apocrypha.</def>

<h1>Ecclesiological</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>Ec*cle`si*o*log"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Belonging to ecclesiology.</def>

<h1>Ecclesiologist</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>Ec*cle`si*ol"o*gist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One versed in ecclesiology.</def>

<h1>Ecclesiology</h1> <Xpage=468>

<hw>Ec*cle`si*ol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Ecclesia</ets> + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>The science or theory of church building and decoration.</def>

<h1>Eccritic</h1> <Xpage=468>