- ecclesiastical, ecclesiastic - of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church); "ecclesiastic history"
- cleric, churchman, divine, ecclesiastic - a clergyman or other person in religious orders
--1 is a kind of clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth
--1 has particulars:ordainer; pardoner; a Kempis, Thomas a Kempis; Bruno, Saint Bruno, St. Bruno