ecclesia, n. 1. (usu. of Christians) congregation, church, assemblage, meeting, gathering, community; fellowship, communion, body, fold, flock, parish; worshipers, followers, believers, brethren, laity.
2. (in ancient Greece) assembly, council, ecclesiastic, n. 1. clergyman, churchman, cleric, clerk, Brit, blackcoat; minister, parson, divine, reverend, priest, father, rabbi; padre, abb£, curate, cure, chaplain, U.S. Mil. SI. sky pilot, U.S. Mil. SI. Holy Joe; pastor, rector, vicar; dean, canon, prebendary, presbyter; lector, reader, gospeler, deacon, acolyte, sacristan, Eastern Ch. ecclesiarch.
2. patriarch, primate, pope, pontiff, archbishop, bishop, prelate, cardinal, archpriest, high priest, hierarch; capitular, provincial; (both usu. used as titles) eminence, reverence.
3. monastic, conventual, religious, cenobite; monk, friar, brother, abbot, prior; nun, sister.
4. preacher, evangelist, revivalist, spreader of the Word, missionary, sermonizer, sermonist, (both usu. used disparagingly) pulpiteer, gospel-monger.
5. theologian, canonist, exegete, divine, Talmudist, Doctor of the Church, hierophant, hierologist. See also priest, clergyman. ecclesiastical, adj. churchly, hierarchical, hierarchic, ecclesial; religious, spiritual, nonsecular; clerical, cleric, ministerial, pastoral; priestly, sacerdotal, hieratic, prelatic, episcopal, apostolic, papal, pontifical, echo, n. 1. reverberation, repercussion; iteration, repetition.
2. imitation, reproduction, copy, replica, replication, duplication; mimicking, aping; representation, semblance, likeness; reflection, twin, counterpart, counterfeit, fake, sham.
3. sympathy, empathy, affinity, harmony; unanimity, accord.
-v. 4. reverberate, resound, ring; repeat, reecho; reflect, return, give back.
5. imitate, emulate, do like, simulate, copy, follow suit, parallel, model after, copycat; mimic, ape, monkey, parrot, mirror; impersonate, mock, parody, take off, caricature. £clat, n. 1. glory, renown, fame, famousness, eminence, celebrity, celebratedness; prestige, high repute, reputation.
2. acclamation, acclaim, ovation, standing ovation, plaudits, round of applause, applause, Inf. hand; praise, kudos, approval.
3. flourish, splendor, lavishness, pomp, pageantry, showiness, ostentation; show, exhibition, display, Inf. production; hurrah, fuss, fuss and feathers, Inf. to-do, SI. big deal. eclectic, adj. 1. selective, selecting, picking and choosing; drawing on all sources, touching all bases, all over the place.
2. multiform, complex, compound, synthesized, synthetic, pieced or pulled together; multifaceted, manifold, multifarious, multiple, many-sided, heterogeneous; diverse, diversified, varied, grab bag; comprehensive, broadly based, well-rounded, liberal, catholic; unstructured, open, free, nondoctrinaire, nondogmat-ic. eclipse, n. 1. obscuration, obfuscation, concealment, occultation, blockage, hiding, covering; darkening, shadowing, shading, adumbration, beclouding, overclouding, overcasting, bedimming, dimming.
2. overshadowing, outshining, outstripping, outdoing, outrivaling, outvying; transcendence, surpassing, excelling, excellence.