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Word Meanings - ECCLESIASTIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to the church. See Ecclesiastical. "Ecclesiastic government." Swift.

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  • 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.

 

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