ecclesiastic

Adjective
  1. Of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church) (synset 302910738)
    "ecclesiastic history"
    same as: ecclesiastical
Noun
  1. A clergyman or other person in religious orders (synset 109947594)
    is a type of: clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend - a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
    subtypes:
    • ordainer - a cleric who ordains; a cleric who admits someone to holy orders
    • pardoner - a medieval cleric who raised money for the church by selling papal indulgences
    • pluralist - a cleric who holds more than one benefice at a time
    specific instances:
    same as: churchman, cleric, divine

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