ecclesiastic
英[?,kli?z?'?st?k]
美[?,kliz?'?st?k]
- n. 神職人員；牧師；教會
- adj. 教會的；神職者的；牧師的
詞態變化
復數:?ecclesiastics;
中文詞源
ecclesiastic 教士，圣職人員
ec-, 向外。-cles, 召喚，詞源同call. 用于神學術語，即召集民眾到教堂來傳道的圣職人員。
英文詞源
- ecclesiastic (adj.)
- late 15c., from Middle French ecclésiastique and directly from Late Latin ecclesiasticus, from Greek ekklesiastikos "of the (ancient Athenian) assembly," in late Greek, "of the church," from ekklesiastes "speaker in an assembly or church, preacher," from ekkalein "to call out," from ek "out" (see ex-) + kalein "to call" (see claim (v.)). As a noun, "one holding an office in the Christian ministry," 1650s; it also was used as a noun in Late Latin.