ecclesiasticus

Questions about ecclesiasticus

What does ecclesiasticus mean?

ecclesiasticus means "an Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect)".

How many syllables are in ecclesiasticus?

ecclesiasticus has 6 syllables and divides as ec-cle-si-a-sti-cus under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for ecclesiasticus?

Close synonyms include Ben Sira, Sirach, Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ecclesiasticus a common word?

ecclesiasticus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.