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Word: ecclesiastic (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...almost anyone who wants to see him. He maintains close contact with his old friends in the U.S., among them ex-President Harry Truman. Even his sharpest critics acknowledge that his political sense has accomplished much for Greek-Turkish relations. Says one of them: "Athenagoras is not essentially an ecclesiast or a scholar. He is a religio-politician. But I must admit that he is a man of great vision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Patriarch | 2/8/1954 | See Source »

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