ecclesiastics
Example Sentences
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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
The unruly story lines did not go unremarked upon by early ecclesiastics trying to create systems of Scripture-based faith.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was natural that those good ecclesiastics who composed the chapter of St. Mark's should feel an interest in their youthful acquaintance.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
