ecclesiastically
adverb
ecclesiastically is spelled E-C-C-L-E-S-I-A-S-T-I-C-A-L-L-Y: 16 letters. It appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, ecclesiastically means “in an ecclesiastic manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in ecclesiastically?
| Letters | 16: E-C-C-L-E-S-I-A-S-T-I-C-A-L-L-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 27 million words; the 157,761st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is ecclesiastically?
Ecclesiastically appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce ecclesiastically?
- General-American
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Yangolin-ecclesiastically.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of ecclesiastically
- more ecclesiastically comparative
- most ecclesiastically superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ecclesiastically mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
in an ecclesiastic manner
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ecclesiastically come from?
From ecclesiastic + -ally.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).