Ecclesiastn.
/ɛˈkliːzɪast/ 1. ‘The Preacher’, i.e. Solomon considered as the author of the Book of Ecclesiastes. In first quot. applied to the author of Ecclesiasticus, the reference being to xxxiii. 19.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Testament > Old Testament > divisions of Old Testament > [noun] > Ecclesiastes > Solomon as author of
Ecclesiast1873
c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 651 Thanne wolde he, vp-on his Bible seke That ilke prouerbe, of Ecclesiaste Where he comandeth, and forbedeth faste Man shal nat suffre his wyf go roule aboute.
1873 Contemp. Rev. 22 536 The happiness that allures me, says the Ecclesiast, is a mockery.
2. † a. [suggested by 1.] One who performs public functions in church. Obsolete.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun]
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sin-shiftera1912
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society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [noun] > person performing
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liturgist1848
c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 708 He [sc. the pardoner] was in chirche a noble Ecclesiaste.
b. [Suggested by ecclesiastic adj. and n.] A church administrator.
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1866 F. W. Newman Relig. Weakness Protestantism 40 We see a great ecclesiast.
3. A member of the Athenian Ecclesia.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of deliberative or legislative assembly > [noun] > in Athens > member of
Ecclesiast1849
1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece VI. ii. i. 382 Present to the mind of every citizen in his character of dikast or Ekklesiast.
1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets i. 30 The whole Athenian nation, as dikasts and ecclesiasts were interested in Rhetoric.
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