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Ecclesiastes definition, a book of the Bible. Abbreviations: Eccles., Eccl. See more. TopDefinitionsQuizExamplesBritishCulturalEcclesiastes[ih-klee-zee-as-teez]SHOWIPA/ɪˌkliziˈæstiz/PHONETICRESPELLINGNewWordListWordListSaveThisWord!nounabookoftheBible.Abbreviations:Eccles.,Eccl.QUIZQUIZYOURSELFON“ITS”VS.“IT’S”!Apostrophescanbetricky;proveyouknowthedifferencebetween"it’s"and"its"inthiscraftyquiz!Question1of8Onthefarm,thefeedforchicksissignificantlydifferentfromtheroosters’;______notevencomparable.it'sitsTAKETHEQUIZTOFINDOUTOriginofEcclesiastesFromLateLatin,fromGreekekklēsiastḗs“assemblyman,preacher,”equivalenttoekklēsí(a)“assembly”+-astēsnounsuffix,variantof-istēsafteravowel;seeoriginatecclesia,-istWordsnearbyEcclesiastesEccles,Ecclescake,ecclesia,ecclesial,ecclesiarch,Ecclesiastes,ecclesiastic,ecclesiastical,ecclesiasticalcalendar,EcclesiasticalCommissioners,ecclesiasticalcourtDictionary.comUnabridged BasedontheRandomHouseUnabridgedDictionary,©RandomHouse,Inc.2022HowtouseEcclesiastesinasentenceInEcclesiastes1:5weread“Thesunrisesandthesungoesdown,andhastenstotheplacewhereitrises.”‘ThePrinciple’:GeocentrismisWhatRealBiblicalLiteralismLooksLike|KarlW.Giberson|April10,2014|DAILYBEASTTheBookofEcclesiastessaysitmostclearly:thereisatimetomournandatimetorejoice.SorrowandJoy||May5,2011|DAILYBEASTLieberman,68,planstoquoteapassagefromEcclesiastes,popularizedbyaByrdssong:“Toeverythingthereisaseason…”JoeLiebermanRetiringFromtheSenate|HowardKurtz|January18,2011|DAILYBEAST“Godisinheaven,andthouuponearth,”readsEcclesiastes5:2.TheDarkerMeaningsinaBobDylanMasterpiece|SeanWilentz|September5,2010|DAILYBEASTSheseesPlathas"agodlessversionofEcclesiastes'Preacher."GirlGoneMild|MeganHustad|July29,2009|DAILYBEAST"Verywell,"saidOak,firmly,withthebearingofonewhowasgoingtogivehisdaysandnightstoEcclesiastesforever.FarfromtheMaddingCrowd|ThomasHardyIaminthatstateofmind,perhaps,whenEcclesiastes(whichIamnowreading)putsmyowncaseexactlybeforeme.LifeofJohnColeridgePatteson|CharlotteM.YongeThecirculationofthewindsisclearlysetforthbythePreacherintheBookofEcclesiastes.TheAstronomyoftheBible|E.WalterMaunderOneofthemmerelycontainedtheenergeticwordsofEcclesiastes,"Woetothee,Oland,whenthykingisachild!"HistoryoftheReformationintheSixteenthCentury,Vol2|J.H.MerleD'AubignIhavebeenlaughedatfornarratingthis,butthenoiseofcricketsatadeathisspokenofinEcclesiastesxii.StoryofMyLife,volumes1-3|AugustusJ.C.HareSEEMOREEXAMPLESSEEFEWEREXAMPLESBritishDictionarydefinitionsforEcclesiastesEcclesiastes/(ɪˌkliːzɪˈæstiːz)/noun(functioningassingular)abookoftheOldTestament,probablywrittenabout250bcWordOriginforEcclesiastesviaLateLatin,fromGreekekklēsiastēsmemberoftheassembly;seeecclesiaCollinsEnglishDictionary-Complete&Unabridged2012DigitalEdition ©WilliamCollinsSons&Co.Ltd.1979,1986©HarperCollins Publishers1998,2000,2003,2005,2006,2007,2009,2012CulturaldefinitionsforEcclesiastesEcclesiastes[(i-klee-zee-as-teez)]AbookintheOldTestamentcontainingthereflectionsofaphilosopherknownas“thePreacher.”“VanityofvanitysaiththePreacher,...allisvanity,”wheretheword“vanity”indicatesthatstrivingisinvain,becausedeathcomestoall,and“thereisnonewthingunderthesun.”Hebelievesthatourcharacterandachievementsdonotaffectourfate.“Theraceisnottotheswiftnortothestrong.”Heconcludesthatoneshouldenjoythegoodthingsfoundinlifeuntildeathbringsoblivion.TheargumentandtoneofthisbookareveryunlikethoseoftheotherbooksoftheBible(seealsoBible).(Seenothingnewunderthesun,Atimetobebornandatimetodie,andVanityofvanities;allisvanity.)TheNewDictionaryofCulturalLiteracy,ThirdEdition Copyright©2005byHoughtonMifflinHarcourtPublishingCompany.PublishedbyHoughtonMifflinHarcourtPublishingCompany.Allrightsreserved.WORDOFTHEDAYtatterdemalionadjective|[tat-er-di-meyl-yuhn]SEEDEFINITIONFEEDBACK