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{
"ecclesiastic":{
"of or relating to a church":{
"examples":[
"a council to make final determinations on ecclesiastic matters"
],
"synonyms":[
"churchly",
"ecclesial",
"ecclesiastical"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"consecrated",
"divine",
"hallowed",
"holy",
"religious",
"sacramental",
"sacred",
"sacrosanct",
"sanctified",
"apostolic",
"canonical",
"clerical",
"episcopal",
"evangelical",
"evangelic",
"ministerial",
"papal",
"pastoral",
"patriarchal",
"pontifical",
"priestly",
"rabbinic",
"rabbinical",
"sacerdotal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lay",
"profane",
"secular",
"temporal",
"nonclerical",
"nondenominational",
"nonsectarian"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonchurch",
"nonecclesiastical"
]
},
"a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church":{
"examples":[
"as the leading ecclesiastic for his church in the state, the bishop must be beyond reproach in everything he does"
],
"synonyms":[
"clergyperson",
"cleric",
"clerical",
"clerk",
"deacon",
"divine",
"dominie",
"minister",
"preacher",
"priest",
"reverend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"churchman",
"clergyman",
"father",
"Holy Joe",
"padre",
"clergywoman",
"deaconess",
"priestess",
"abbot",
"archbishop",
"archpriest",
"bishop",
"dean",
"diocesan",
"monsignor",
"pope",
"prelate",
"presbyter",
"abb\u00e9",
"curate",
"cur\u00e9",
"parson",
"pastor",
"rector",
"shepherd",
"vicar",
"chaplain",
"confessor",
"sky pilot",
"evangelist",
"missionary",
"missioner",
"missionizer",
"revivalist",
"friar",
"mendicant",
"monastic",
"monk",
"oblate",
"religious",
"high priest",
"high priestess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lay reader",
"lector"
],
"antonyms":[
"layman",
"layperson",
"secular"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"eccentrics":{
"a person of odd or whimsical habits":{
"examples":[
"an eccentric who designed his house to look like a Scottish castle"
],
"synonyms":[
"characters",
"codgers",
"crackbrains",
"crackpots",
"cracks",
"cranks",
"flakes",
"fruitcakes",
"head cases",
"kooks",
"nutcases",
"nuts",
"nutters",
"oddballs",
"oddities",
"originals",
"quizzes",
"screwballs",
"weirdos",
"zanies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bohemians",
"mavericks",
"nonconformists",
"quixotes",
"coots",
"geezers",
"curios",
"rarities",
"freaks",
"fantasticoes",
"fantasts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conformers",
"conformists",
"followers",
"sheep"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"eccentricity":{
"an odd or peculiar habit":{
"examples":[
"one of the woman's eccentricities was her lifelong habit of reading while soaking in the bathtub for hours"
],
"synonyms":[
"crotchet",
"curiosity",
"erraticism",
"idiosyncrasy",
"individualism",
"kink",
"mannerism",
"oddity",
"peculiarity",
"quiddity",
"quip",
"quirk",
"singularity",
"tic",
"trick",
"twist"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affectation",
"airs",
"attribute",
"characteristic",
"mark",
"property",
"trait",
"custom",
"habit",
"pattern",
"practice",
"practise",
"way",
"wont",
"addiction",
"abnormality",
"neuroticism",
"perversion",
"weirdness",
"disposition",
"genius",
"leaning",
"partiality",
"bent",
"inclination",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"turn",
"attitude",
"character",
"humor",
"identity",
"individuality",
"nature",
"personality",
"temperament"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conformity",
"sameness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ecclesiastics":{
"a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church":{
"examples":[
"as the leading ecclesiastic for his church in the state, the bishop must be beyond reproach in everything he does"
],
"synonyms":[
"clergypersons",
"clericals",
"clerics",
"clerks",
"deacons",
"divines",
"dominies",
"ministers",
"preachers",
"priests",
"reverends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"churchmen",
"clergymen",
"fathers",
"Holy Joes",
"padres",
"clergywomen",
"deaconesses",
"priestesses",
"abbots",
"archbishops",
"archpriests",
"bishops",
"deans",
"diocesans",
"monsignors",
"monsignori",
"popes",
"prelates",
"presbyters",
"abb\u00e9s",
"curates",
"cur\u00e9s",
"parsons",
"pastors",
"rectors",
"shepherds",
"vicars",
"chaplains",
"confessors",
"sky pilots",
"evangelists",
"missionaries",
"missioners",
"missionizers",
"revivalists",
"friars",
"mendicants",
"monastics",
"monks",
"oblates",
"religious",
"high priestesses",
"high priests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lay readers",
"lectors"
],
"antonyms":[
"laymen",
"laypeople",
"seculars",
"secular"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ecclesial":{
"of or relating to a church":{
"examples":[
"the waning of ecclesial power in Europe as the number of lapsed Christians increases"
],
"synonyms":[
"churchly",
"ecclesiastic",
"ecclesiastical"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"consecrated",
"divine",
"hallowed",
"holy",
"religious",
"sacramental",
"sacred",
"sacrosanct",
"sanctified",
"apostolic",
"canonical",
"clerical",
"episcopal",
"evangelical",
"evangelic",
"ministerial",
"papal",
"pastoral",
"patriarchal",
"pontifical",
"priestly",
"rabbinic",
"rabbinical",
"sacerdotal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lay",
"profane",
"secular",
"temporal",
"nonclerical",
"nondenominational",
"nonsectarian"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonchurch",
"nonecclesiastical"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"ecclesiastical":{
"of or relating to a church":{
"examples":[
"ecclesiastical laws that have been in existence for centuries"
],
"synonyms":[
"churchly",
"ecclesial",
"ecclesiastic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"consecrated",
"divine",
"hallowed",
"holy",
"religious",
"sacramental",
"sacred",
"sacrosanct",
"sanctified",
"apostolic",
"canonical",
"clerical",
"episcopal",
"evangelical",
"evangelic",
"ministerial",
"papal",
"pastoral",
"patriarchal",
"pontifical",
"priestly",
"rabbinic",
"rabbinical",
"sacerdotal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lay",
"profane",
"secular",
"temporal",
"nonclerical",
"nondenominational",
"nonsectarian"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonchurch",
"nonecclesiastical"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
}
}