Bible Encyclopedias
Ecclesiasticus (2)
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
(1), Any person in orders, whether major or minor.
(2) Isidore of Seville speaks of a clerk occupying his dace position in the hiearchy as an "ecclesiastical clerk," in distinction from an irregular clerk.
(3) Those who were so connected with a Church as to be unable to leave; its service were called in a special sense "ecclesiastical men." They were not slaves.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Ecclesiasticus (2)'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/e/ecclesiasticus-2.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.