Eclesiástico

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin Ecclēsiasticus (“of the church”). Latin Church Fathers, beginning with Cyprian, so named the book because it was frequently read in churches.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.kle.ziˈas.t͡ʃi.ku/ [e.kle.zɪˈas.t͡ʃi.ku], (faster pronunciation) /e.kleˈzjas.t͡ʃi.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.kle.ziˈas.t͡ʃi.ku/ [e.kle.zɪˈas.t͡ʃi.ku], (faster pronunciation) /e.kleˈzjas.t͡ʃi.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /e.kle.ziˈaʃ.t͡ʃi.ku/ [e.kle.zɪˈaʃ.t͡ʃi.ku], (faster pronunciation) /e.kleˈzjaʃ.t͡ʃi.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.kle.ziˈas.t͡ʃi.ko/ [e.kle.zɪˈas.t͡ʃi.ko], (faster pronunciation) /e.kleˈzjas.t͡ʃi.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.klɨˈzjaʃ.ti.ku/

• Homophone: eclesiástico
• Hyphenation: E‧cle‧si‧ás‧ti‧co

Proper noun

Eclesiástico m

1. (biblical) Sirach (book of the Bible)

   Synonym: Siraque

Coordinate terms

books of the Catholic Old Testament: livros do Antigo Testamento católicoedit

• Génesis (Portugal) ~ Gênesis (Brazil)
• Êxodo
• Levítico
• Números
• Deuteronómio (Portugal) ~ Deuteronômio (Brazil)
• Josué
• Juízes
• Rute
• 1 Samuel
• 2 Samuel
• 1 Reis
• 2 Reis
• 1 Crónicas (Portugal) ~ 1 Crônicas (Brazil)
• 2 Crónicas (Portugal) ~ 2 Crônicas (Brazil)
• Esdras
• Neemias
• Tobias
• Judite
• Ester
• 1 Macabeus
• 2 Macabeus
• Jó
• Salmos
• Provérbios
• Eclesiastes
• Cântico dos Cânticos
• Sabedoria
• Eclesiástico
• Isaías
• Jeremias
• Lamentações
• Baruque
• Ezequiel
• Daniel
• Oseias
• Joel
• Amós
• Abdias
• Jonas
• Miqueias
• Naum
• Habacuc
• Sofonias
• Ageu
• Zacarias
• Malaquias