Use "ecclesiastic|ecclesiastics" in a sentence

1. He achieved the aggrandizement of the fortunes of his children principally by the thinly disguised robbery of nobles and ecclesiastics, a number of whom he caused to be assassinated or poisoned to that end.”

(...) Il bâtit la fortune de ses enfants en pillant de façon à peine déguisée les nobles et les ecclésiastiques, qu’il fit souvent assassiner ou empoisonner pour parvenir à ses fins.