Ecclesiastic

Ec‐cle′si‐as″tic (?; 277), a. [L. ecclesiasticus, Gr. �, fr. � an assembly of citizens called out by the crier; also, the church, fr. � called out, fr. � to call out; � out + � to call. See Ex-, and Hale, v. t., Haul.] Of or pertaining to the church. See Ecclesiastical. “Ecclesiastic government.” Swift.