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- adjective Obsolete form of
ecclesiastic . - noun Obsolete form of
ecclesiastic .
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Examples
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He was about seventy-seven years of age, a decent ecclesiastick, dressed in a full suit of black clothes, and a black wig.
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He was about seventy-seven years of age, a decent ecclesiastick, dressed in a full suit of black clothes, and a black wig.
Life of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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Dr. Sacheverell's trial gave additional zest to the _dudgeon ecclesiastick_, and produced a shower of pamphlets.
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He was about seventy-seven years of age, a decent ecclesiastick, dressed in a full suit of black clothes, and a black wig.
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. James Boswell 1767
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He became the king's only favourite, and was by him advanced unto the helm of affairs; and then he set himself to ruin the church of God: for first, he got the king's supremacy in all causes civil and ecclesiastick, asserted by parliament; and then he got a set of wicked and profane bishops, like himself, again reinstated in the church.
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The Magi were priests and philosophers among the Persians, intrusted with the government both civil and ecclesiastick, much addicted to the observation of the stars.
Hudibras Samuel Butler 1646
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