Word: ecclesiasticism
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Last week a 14-year-old handmaiden of the Lord stood beside a ripe ecclesiastic, her head upraised and look intent, locks flung back, red lips apart.
Yet it was not only as an ecclesiastic statesman that he is worthy of memory, but also for his ventures into the fields of mathematics and natural science where he anticipated many of the ideas to which Roger Bacon later gave a wider currency.
They were Mennonites, religious farmer-folk, from Canada. There were 81 men, a sturdy lot, many prematurely old, all wearing flowing beards, shovel hats, ecclesiastic long coats. Ninety-five women, plump, strong, wore long, full skirts, bright-colored shawls. There were 38 children. All spoke German, among themselves.
Ecclesiastic Norris has confidence. His minions have gathered about their shepherd in mesmerized faith. The Sabbath following the murder or manslaughter, he preached to a great audience in the warm First Baptist Church of Fort Worth. He walked uprightly at liberty under a $10,000-bond profferred by his congregation...
The Drys, managed by Wayne B. Wheeler (hated and detested by Wets), resumed their testimony with an army of dignitaries, chiefly ecclesiastic.