Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ecclesiastically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: ec-cle-si-as-ti-cal-ly
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

7

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

in an ecclesiastic manner

Example Sentences

"The ecclesiastically robed Choral Majority put on the best performance of the evening, singing their popular satires on several popular hymns and patriotic anthems."

Etymology

Etymology tree English ecclesiastic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English ecclesiastically From ecclesiastic + -ally.

Inflected Forms

more ecclesiastically (comparative) most ecclesiastically (superlative)

Questions

What does ecclesiastically mean?: in an ecclesiastic manner
Where does ecclesiastically come from?: Etymology tree English ecclesiastic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English ecclesiastically From ecclesiastic + -ally.

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