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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐκκλησιαστικός (ekklēsiastikós), from ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ecclēsiasticus (feminine ecclēsiastica, neuter ecclēsiasticum); first/second-declension adjective
- Of or belonging to the Church; ecclesiastical
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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References
- “ecclesiasticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ecclesiasticus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ecclesiasticus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ecclesiasticus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016