ecclesiast[noun]Synonyms: clergyman, churchman, cleric, clerical, clerk, divine, ecclesiastic, minister, parson, preacher
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ecclesiast noun.
[ɪ'kli:zɪast] LME.[ecclesiastical Latin ecclesiastes from Greek ekklēsiastēs member of an assembly, from ekklēsia: see ECCLESIA. In the Septuagint rendering Hebrew qōhele.]1. (
Ecclesiast.)
The author of the biblical book Ecclesiastes: Solomon.
LME.2. A functionary or administrator of the Christian Church.
LME.3. Hist. A member of the Athenian ecclesia.
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