Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EC-CLE-SI-AS'TIC, or EC-CLE-SI-AS'TIC-AL, a. [L.; Gr. εκκλησιαστικος, from εκκλησια, an assembly or meeting, whence a church, from εκκακεω, to call forth or convoke; εκ and κελεω, to call.]

Pertaining or relating to the church; as, ecclesiastical discipline or government; ecclesiastical affairs, history or polity; ecclesiastical courts. Ecclesiastical State, is the body of the clergy.