ecclesiast

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Athenagoras is not essentially an ecclesiast or a scholar.

From Time Magazine Archive

He is no hypocrite, no weary "king ecclesiast," shaking his head over the orgies of sap and song in which he can no longer share.

From Vanishing Roads and Other Essays by Le Gallienne, Richard

Henry becoming an ecclesiast was created abbot of Glastonbury and bishop of Winchester.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

It had evidently been passed on to him from a higher authority than the Abbot, for only the address was in the handwriting of that learned ecclesiast.

From The Firebrand by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

Though thrice a thousand years are passed Since David's son, the sad and splendid, The weary king ecclesiast Upon his awful tablets penned it.

From Thackeray by Trollope, Anthony