ecclesiastic

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In Switzerland the "ecclesiastic tax" is not a federal matter but a cantonal one and in some cantons even a communal one.

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a clergyman or other person in religious orders

Meaning at a glance

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noun

a clergyman or other person in religious orders

adjective

of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church); "ecclesiastic history"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for ecclesiastic.

noun

a clergyman or other person in religious orders

adjective

of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church); "ecclesiastic history"

Example sentences

In Switzerland the "ecclesiastic tax" is not a federal matter but a cantonal one and in some cantons even a communal one.

I suppose when one of the titles of the Emperor is “Equal Of God”, that does make him somewhat immune from ecclesiastic authority.

Use this to select an ecclesiastic convention of the resulting saints to deliver papal encyclicals on the topic.

This daily pilgrimage was conducted with ecclesiastic solemnity, a quiet, dignified homage to the majesty of knowledge.

There's no general substrate of alloidal, ecclesiastic and manorial subdivisions.

This will, in turn, lead us towards submission to ecclesiastic authorities who claim to know what God wants The resulting life is one of “bondage” – psychological, moral, religious, social and political enslavement – rather than the liberating life of reason."..