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- Late Latin · derived fromEcclēsiasticus
- Middle English · inherited fromEcclesiasticus
- English todayEcclesiasticus
From Middle English Ecclesiasticus, from Late Latin Ecclēsiasticus, probably short for liber ecclēsiasticus (“church book”), from its use in church readings. Doublet of ecclesiastic.
Words from the same roots
Late LatinEcclēsiasticus all →
ecclesiastic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.