ecclesiastics

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“So many disloyal actions on the part of ecclesiastics are born of the lack of a sense of having been shown compassion, and by the habit of averting one’s gaze, the habit of indifference.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2019

But everybody comes across as human here: the conniving ecclesiastics who propel Henry into war, the fatuous French Dauphin, the speechifying Welsh Captain Fluellen and Henry's disreputable old chums from his wild youth.

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2012

The gold canopy, the procession of ecclesiastics, the charming boys’ choir.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2010

In fact, the book was so eagerly awaited in church circles that ecclesiastics began to visit Barrett's modest, cluttered offices in Nairobi for years before completion to find out how the numbers were running.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the best ecclesiastics recognised that the system was somewhat out of keeping with Christian charity.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen