Defn: The public legislative assembly of the Athenians.
2. (Eccl.)
Defn: A church, either as a body or as a building.
ECCLESIAL
Ec*cle"si*al, a.
Defn: Ecclesiastical. [Obs.] Milton.
ECCLESIARCH
Ec*cle"si*arch, n. Etym: [LL. ecclesiarcha, fr. Gr. ecclésiarque.]
Defn: An official of the Eastern Church, resembling a sacrist in the
Western Church.
ECCLESIAST
Ec*cle"si*ast, n.
1. An ecclesiastic. Chaucer.
2. The Apocryphal book of Ecclesiasticus. [Obs.]