Ecclesiastic

Webster's Practical Dictionary- A Practical Dictionary of the Englih Language · 1884 · p. 134

ek-kle'zl-aslik, -tical, a. Pert, church or to its organization. — Eccle's iaslic, clergyman.— Eccle's ias'tically, adv.— Eccle's ias'ticism, -sizm, n. Strong attachment to ecclesiastical Observances, privileges, etc. — Eccle's ias'tes, Lit. a preacher; a book of the Old Testament.