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noun a clergyman or other person in religious orders
adjective of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church)
originFrom Middle English ecclesyastyke, from Late Latin ecclēsiasticus (“of the church”), from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησιαστικός (ekklēsiastikós). By surface analysis, ecclesiast + -ic. Doublet of Ecclesiasticus.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0