Word Meanings - ECCLESIASTIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Of or pertaining to the church. See Ecclesiastical. "Ecclesiastic government." Swift.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ECCLESIASTIC)
- Minister
- Servant
- officer
- delegate
- official
- ambassador
- subordinate
- ecclesiastic
- clergyman
- priest
- parson
- divine
- preacher
- pastor
- shepherd
- reverend
- curate
- vicar
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ECCLESIASTIC)
Related words: (words related to ECCLESIASTIC)
- PRIESTLIKE
Priestly. B. Jonson. - EXACTOR
One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands. Jer. Taylor. - EXACTING
Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. "A temper so exacting." T. Arnold -- Ex*act"ing*ly, adv. -- Ex*act"ing*ness, n. - PASTORALLY
1. In a pastoral or rural manner. 2. In the manner of a pastor. - COMMANDING
1. Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer. 2. Fitted to impress or control; as, a commanding look or presence. 3. Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position. Syn. - SHEPHERDIA
A genus of shrubs having silvery scurfy leaves, and belonging to the same family as Elæagnus; also, any plant of this genus. See Buffalo berry, under Buffalo. - EXACTLY
In an exact manner; precisely according to a rule, standard, or fact; accurately; strictly; correctly; nicely. "Exactly wrought." Shak. His enemies were pleased, for he had acted exactly as their interests required. Bancroft. - PASTORSHIP
Pastorate. Bp. Bull. - OFFICIALISM
The state of being official; a system of official government; also, adherence to office routine; red-tapism. Officialism may often drift into blunders. Smiles. - ECCLESIASTICALLY
In an ecclesiastical manner; according ecclesiastical rules. - VICARIAN
A vicar. Marston. - EXACTION
1. The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion. Take away your exactions from my - VICARIOUS
Acting as a substitute; -- said of abnormal action which replaces a suppressed normal function; as, vicarious hemorrhage replacing menstruation. (more info) turn, the position, place, or office of one person as assumed by another; akin - PRIESTING
The office of a priest. Milton. - PASTORLESS
Having no pastor. - COMMANDATORY
Mandatory; as, commandatory authority. - PASTORLY
Appropriate to a pastor. Milton. - AMBASSADORIAL
Of or pertaining to an ambassador. H. Walpole. - COMMANDO
In South Africa, a military body or command; also, sometimes, an expedition or raid; as, a commando of a hundred Boers. The war bands, called commandos, have played a great part in the . . . military history of the country. James Bryce. - REVERENDLY
Reverently. Foxe. - UNVICAR
To deprive of the position or office a vicar. Strype. - ACCURATENESS
The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision. - INEXACTLY
In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately. R. A. Proctor. - INEXACT
Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate. - INSUBORDINATE
Not submitting to authority; disobedient; rebellious; mutinous - INACCURATE
Not accurate; not according to truth; inexact; incorrect; erroneous; as, in inaccurate man, narration, copy, judgment, calculation, etc. The expression is plainly inaccurate. Bp. Hurd. Syn. -- Inexact; incorrect; erroneous; faulty; imperfect; - SUBDELEGATE
A subordinate delegate, or one with inferior powers. - INOFFICIALLY
Without the usual forms, or not in the official character. - MANSERVANT
A male servant. - INACCURATELY
In an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly.