ecclesiasticadj.n.

/ɛˌkliːzɪˈastɪk/

Forms: Middle English ecclesyastyke, 1500s–1600s ecclesiastique, 1600s ecclesiastick(e, ecclesiastik, 1600s– ecclesiastic.

Etymology: < (through French and Latin) Greek ἐκκλησιαστικός, ultimately < ἐκκλησία church.

A. adj. (Now rare; see ecclesiastical adj.)

a. Of or pertaining to the church; concerned with the affairs of the church; opposed to civil or secular.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > religion > a religion or church > [adjective]

churchlyeOE

ghostlyOE

spiritala1393

spiritual?a1400

ecclesiastic1483

ecclesiastical1538

churchlike1594

ecclesial1649

church-wisea1670

denominational1838

cultic1877

cultual1886

1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton G j b The benefyces and the thynges ecclesyastyke.

1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 42 b Jesus Christ..commandit thais thingis quhilk perteins to obedience to be geuin to the Apostolique and Ecclesiastique commandimentis.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 213 Some Ecclesiastick Writers..impute a Trinity of Gods to Marcion.

1695 W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. vii. 30 The disposition of the Ecclesiastick state depending always on the revolutions of the civil government.

1766 Cole in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. ii. 510 IV. 487 To unloose all ties both civil and ecclesiastic.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits x. 166 Whatever is excellent..in civil, rural, or ecclesiastic architecture.

†b. Of language (esp. Greek or Latin), words, or senses of words: Characteristic of ecclesiastical writers; opposed to classical or secular. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) ii. iv. 360 [In] S. John's Writings..we find two Ecclesiastick terms of Λόγος, and Κυριακὴ ἡμέρα.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. vii. 31 This singularity of the Ecclesiastique use of the word [credo] hath raised many dissenters.

2. Of persons: Belonging to the church viewed as consisting of the clergy; clerical (= older sense of spiritual) as opposed to lay. Also of attire, functions, etc.: Pertaining to the clergy.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [adjective]

rulerc1390

reverent1398

ruly?c1450

ecclesiasticala1538

ministerial1561

clerical1592

ecclesiastic1603

cleric1623

reverend1625

clergical1632

clergya1635

hieratical1656

churchmanlike1786

shovel-hatted1832

churchmanly1833

hieratic1866

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 81 Hee caused the priests in their ecclesiastike attire and ornaments, to march foorth in the armie.

1610 J. Donne Pseudo-martyr iii. 26 Nor deale they onely with temporall punishments vpon Ecclesiastique persons.

1820 W. Combe Second Tour Dr. Syntax xxix. 128 A gay, ecclesiastic Beau.

B. n.

1. [See A. 2.] A clergyman, person in orders, a ‘churchman’ as distinguished from a ‘layman’. Apparently not before 17th cent., the earlier term being ‘spiritual man’. Chiefly technical and Historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun]

God's maneOE

priestOE

clerkc1050

secularc1290

vicary1303

minister1340

divinec1380

man of Godc1384

kirkmana1400

man of the churchc1400

cockc1405

Ecclesiastc1405

spiritual1441

ministrator1450

abbé1530

reverend1547

churchman1549

tippet-captain?1550

tippet knight1551

tippet man1551

public minister1564

reading minister1572

clergyman1577

clerk1577

padre1584

minstrel1586

spiritual1600

cleric1623

cassock1628

Levite1640

gownsman1641

teaching elder1642

ecclesiastic1651

religionist1651

crape1682

crape-gown-man1682

man in black1692

soul driver1699

secularist1716

autem jet1737

liturge1737

officiant1740

snub-devil1785

soul doctor1785

officiator1801

umfundisi1825

crape-man1826

clerical1837

God-man1842

Pfarrer1844

liturgist1848

white-choker1851

rook1859

shovel hat1859

sky pilot1865

ecclesiastical1883

joss-pidgin-man1886

josser1887

sin-shiftera1912

sin-buster1931

parch1944

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxix. 168 The subjection of Ecclesiastiques to the Common-wealth.

1707 J. Addison Present State War 254 And at the same time such vast numbers of Ecclesiasticks, secular and religious.

1870 F. R. Wilson Archit. Surv. Churches Lindisfarne 93 A fragment of an effigy of an ecclesiastic.

1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times IV. lxiii. 427 He had in him much of the taste and the temper of the ecclesiastic.

†2. plural.

a. Matters ecclesiastical. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > religion > a religion or church > [noun] > matters concerning

spiritual1441

ecclesiastical1641

ecclesiastics1672

1672 King Charles II in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) I. 311 He is much troubled, that that Declaration..should have..given an occasion to the questioning of his power in ecclesiasticks.

1738 D. Neal Hist. Puritans IV. ix. 455 He [sc. King Charles II] was sorry they should question his Power in Ecclesiasticks.

b. The science of church government. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > [noun] > science of

ecclesiasticsa1620

a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. xiv. §2. 356 For Morall Philosophie..hath three parts: Ecclesiastickes, Oeconomickes, and Politickes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	ecclesiastic
释义	ecclesiasticadj.n. /ɛˌkliːzɪˈastɪk/ Forms: Middle English ecclesyastyke, 1500s–1600s ecclesiastique, 1600s ecclesiastick(e, ecclesiastik, 1600s– ecclesiastic. Etymology: < (through French and Latin) Greek ἐκκλησιαστικός, ultimately < ἐκκλησία church. A. adj. (Now rare; see ecclesiastical adj.) 1. a. Of or pertaining to the church; concerned with the affairs of the church; opposed to civil or secular. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > religion > a religion or church > [adjective] churchlyeOE ghostlyOE spiritala1393 spiritual?a1400 ecclesiastic1483 ecclesiastical1538 churchlike1594 ecclesial1649 church-wisea1670 denominational1838 cultic1877 cultual1886 1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton G j b The benefyces and the thynges ecclesyastyke. 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 42 b Jesus Christ..commandit thais thingis quhilk perteins to obedience to be geuin to the Apostolique and Ecclesiastique commandimentis. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 213 Some Ecclesiastick Writers..impute a Trinity of Gods to Marcion. 1695 W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. vii. 30 The disposition of the Ecclesiastick state depending always on the revolutions of the civil government. 1766 Cole in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. ii. 510 IV. 487 To unloose all ties both civil and ecclesiastic. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits x. 166 Whatever is excellent..in civil, rural, or ecclesiastic architecture. †b. Of language (esp. Greek or Latin), words, or senses of words: Characteristic of ecclesiastical writers; opposed to classical or secular. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) ii. iv. 360 [In] S. John's Writings..we find two Ecclesiastick terms of Λόγος, and Κυριακὴ ἡμέρα. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. vii. 31 This singularity of the Ecclesiastique use of the word [credo] hath raised many dissenters. 2. Of persons: Belonging to the church viewed as consisting of the clergy; clerical (= older sense of spiritual) as opposed to lay. Also of attire, functions, etc.: Pertaining to the clergy. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [adjective] rulerc1390 reverent1398 ruly?c1450 ecclesiasticala1538 ministerial1561 clerical1592 ecclesiastic1603 cleric1623 reverend1625 clergical1632 clergya1635 hieratical1656 churchmanlike1786 shovel-hatted1832 churchmanly1833 hieratic1866 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 81 Hee caused the priests in their ecclesiastike attire and ornaments, to march foorth in the armie. 1610 J. Donne Pseudo-martyr iii. 26 Nor deale they onely with temporall punishments vpon Ecclesiastique persons. 1820 W. Combe Second Tour Dr. Syntax xxix. 128 A gay, ecclesiastic Beau. B. n. 1. [See A. 2.] A clergyman, person in orders, a ‘churchman’ as distinguished from a ‘layman’. Apparently not before 17th cent., the earlier term being ‘spiritual man’. Chiefly technical and Historical. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun] God's maneOE priestOE clerkc1050 secularc1290 vicary1303 minister1340 divinec1380 man of Godc1384 kirkmana1400 man of the churchc1400 cockc1405 Ecclesiastc1405 spiritual1441 ministrator1450 abbé1530 reverend1547 churchman1549 tippet-captain?1550 tippet knight1551 tippet man1551 public minister1564 reading minister1572 clergyman1577 clerk1577 padre1584 minstrel1586 spiritual1600 cleric1623 cassock1628 Levite1640 gownsman1641 teaching elder1642 ecclesiastic1651 religionist1651 crape1682 crape-gown-man1682 man in black1692 soul driver1699 secularist1716 autem jet1737 liturge1737 officiant1740 snub-devil1785 soul doctor1785 officiator1801 umfundisi1825 crape-man1826 clerical1837 God-man1842 Pfarrer1844 liturgist1848 white-choker1851 rook1859 shovel hat1859 sky pilot1865 ecclesiastical1883 joss-pidgin-man1886 josser1887 sin-shiftera1912 sin-buster1931 parch1944 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxix. 168 The subjection of Ecclesiastiques to the Common-wealth. 1707 J. Addison Present State War 254 And at the same time such vast numbers of Ecclesiasticks, secular and religious. 1870 F. R. Wilson Archit. Surv. Churches Lindisfarne 93 A fragment of an effigy of an ecclesiastic. 1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times IV. lxiii. 427 He had in him much of the taste and the temper of the ecclesiastic. †2. plural. a. Matters ecclesiastical. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > religion > a religion or church > [noun] > matters concerning spiritual1441 ecclesiastical1641 ecclesiastics1672 1672 King Charles II in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) I. 311 He is much troubled, that that Declaration..should have..given an occasion to the questioning of his power in ecclesiasticks. 1738 D. Neal Hist. Puritans IV. ix. 455 He [sc. King Charles II] was sorry they should question his Power in Ecclesiasticks. b. The science of church government. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > [noun] > science of ecclesiasticsa1620 a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. xiv. §2. 356 For Morall Philosophie..hath three parts: Ecclesiastickes, Oeconomickes, and Politickes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.1483
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