Ecclesiastic
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ECCLESIASTIC. A clergyman; one destined to the divine ministry, as, a bishop, a priest, a deacon. Dom. Lois Civ. liv. prel. t. 2, s. 2, n. 14.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.