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ecclesiastic

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Adj — Relating to the church.

Etymology

Came from Middle English ecclesyastyke, which developed from Late Latin ecclēsiasticus ("of the church"), from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησιαστικός (ekklēsiastikós). On the surface it analyses as ecclesiast plus -ic, and it is a doublet of Ecclesiasticus.

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