Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ecclesiastic \Ec*cle`si*as"tic\ (?; 277), a. [L. ecclesiasticus,
   Gr. ?, fr. ? an assembly of citizens called out by the crier;
   also, the church, fr. ? called out, fr. ? to call out; ? out
   + ? to call. See {Ex-}, and {Hale}, v. t., {Haul}.]
   Of or pertaining to the church. See {Ecclesiastical}.
   ``Ecclesiastic government.'' --Swift.

Ecclesiastic \Ec*cle`si*as"tic\, n.
   A person in holy orders, or consecrated to the service of the
   church and the ministry of religion; a clergyman; a priest.

         From a humble ecclesiastic, he was subsequently
         preferred to the highest dignities of the church.
                                                  --Prescott.

Source : WordNet®

ecclesiastic
     adj : of or associated with a church (especially a Christian
           Church); "ecclesiastic history" [syn: {ecclesiastical}]

ecclesiastic
     n : a clergyman or other person in religious orders [syn: {cleric},
          {churchman}, {divine}]