ecclesiastic
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One would think that such a noble ecclesiastic gathering would be governed by wisdom and good sense.
From Salon • Nov. 22, 2024
“There is nothing of the sour expecting-damnation ecclesiastic about this expostulator,” wrote Variety critic Robert Landry, who had his fill of Bible-thumping evangelists like Billy Sunday, in 1931.
From Slate • Jan. 21, 2021
In the skies above, a Georgian Orthodox archbishop in full ecclesiastic regalia sat inside a helicopter clutching a framed icon.
From Washington Post • Apr. 9, 2020
Nuns are obliged to wear their ecclesiastic clothes at all times.
From The Guardian • Oct. 7, 2019
Canute was a Christian, probably baptised in his youth by some German ecclesiastic, as the Christian name Lambert, which in harmony with custom was added to the one that he already possessed, seems distinctly German.
From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Larson, Laurence Marcellus
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