ecclesiastic in the PONS Dictionary

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The ecclesiastics included archbishops, bishops and certain abbots.
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As an ecclesiastic officer his duties included processioning lands and tending to the poor, among other local needs.
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Family members include lawyers, doctors, engineers, musicians, poets, historians, journalists, military officers and public servants, and ecclesiastics.
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Brawling was covered in ecclesiastic courts until 1860.
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The abbey continued to prosper in every way; good discipline was kept up and many distinguished ecclesiastics and learned men were educated within its walls.
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At the demand of the church hierarchy the government cancelled the tsar's jurisdiction over ecclesiastics.
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If the prelate of an ecclesiastic state changed his religion, the men and women living in that state did not have to do so.
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Many noblemen, ecclesiastics, and artists held membership of it to be an honour, and very soon it numbered 1,300.
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The ecclesiastic system of copyhold, whereby land was leased to tenants for terms as short as seven years, prevailed throughout the manor.
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The rhyme of swear for with wherefore and ecclesiastic with (in) stead of a stick are surprising, unnatural, and humorous.
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