Word of the Day for Monday, December 15, 2008
ecclesiastical \i-klee-zee-AS-ti-kuhl\, adjective:
of or having to do with the church or clergy
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I wonder what inane demagoguing rant the B.O.'s ecclesiastical mentor is going to spew out next!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
by 1538 from ecclesiastic, which comes from Late Latin ecclesiasticus, from Greek ekklesiastikos "of the (ancient Athenian) assembly," later, "of the church," from ekklesiastes "speaker in an assembly or church, preacher," from ekkalein "to call out"
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