Definition of Ecclesiastics

1. Noun. The field of study of the church. ¹

2. Noun. (plural of ecclesiastic) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ecclesiastics

1. ecclesiastic [n] - See also: ecclesiastic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ecclesiastics

ecclesiarchy
ecclesiast
ecclesiastic
ecclesiastical
ecclesiastical attire
ecclesiastical benefice
ecclesiastical calendar
ecclesiastical law
ecclesiastical mode
ecclesiastical province
ecclesiastical robe
ecclesiasticall
ecclesiastically
ecclesiasticism
ecclesiastick
ecclesiastics (current term)
ecclesiocracy
ecclesiological
ecclesiologies
ecclesiologist
ecclesiologists
ecclesiology
ecclesiophobia
ecco
eccoriate
eccrine
eccrine acrospiroma
eccrine gland
eccrine poroma
eccrine spiradenoma

Literary usage of Ecclesiastics

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor by Jeremy Taylor, Charles Page Eden, Reginald Heber, Alexander Taylor (1851)
"1) That it be no prejudice to those ecclesiastics, who in time of ... Indeed it hath been fiercely taught, that ecclesiastics ought never and upon no ..."

2. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Revolution by David Hume (1858)
"Besides giving presents to the more distinguished ecclesiastics, ... The ecclesiastics, in those days of ignorance, made rapid advances in the acquisition ..."

3. Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, from by John Campbell Campbell (1847)
"Considering how ecclesiastics in those ages had entrenched themselves in privileges and immunities, so that no civil penalty could regularly be inflicted ..."

4. Commentaries on the Law in Shakespeare: With Explanations of the Legal Terms by Edward Joseph White (1911)
"Bills against ecclesiastics. 250. Henry the Fifth's favor toward ecclesiastics. 251. Salic Law and Henry the Fifth's Claim to France. 252. ..."

5. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander, Alexander James William Morrison (1851)
"Hence we find many proofs that Origenistic doctrines continued to be propagated in the East, among ecclesiastics and monks, even after this period ; f and ..."

6. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"To a certain extent the ecclesiastics were successful. They established the partial authority of the canon law in their own courts, and they managed to ..."

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