a man devoted to the service of God, esp. a saint or minister of religion.

More generally: a clergyman, a cleric; a minister of the Christian religion.

A man ordained to the ministry or service of the Christian Church; a churchman, clergyman, or… Before the Reformation, and in the Roman Catholic…

One of the secular clergy, as distinguished from a ‘regular’ or monk.

= vicar, n. 1a 1b.

Ecclesiastical and related senses. gen. A member of the clergy; an ordained pastor.

One who has officially to do with ‘divine things’; formerly, any ecclesiastic, clergyman, or priest; now, one skilled in divinity; a theologian.

a man devoted to the service of God, esp. a saint or an ecclesiastic.

A member of the clergy; (in later use) spec. a clergyman of the Kirk or Church of Scotland. Cf. churchman, n. 2a.

an ecclesiastic; = churchman, n. 2a.

figurative and in figurative contexts. A person who rouses others from sleep, or a state likened to sleep; esp. (in religious contexts) a person…

One who performs public functions in church. Obsolete.

That which belongs to or relates to the church or the clergy. Cf. sense A. 4. That which concerns or relates to the church; ecclesiastical (as…

A person who ministers or administers something. Formerly also: †an executor of a will (obsolete).

In France or French contexts: an abbot. Also: a priest or clergyman in minor orders; esp. one without an assigned ecclesiastical duty, formerly…

A member of the clergy; (also occasionally) a member of a religious order, a preacher, etc.

A member of the Christian clergy or of a Christian religious order; an ecclesiastic. Cf. kirkman, n. 1.

= tippet man n.

= tippet man n.

contemptuous nicknames for a priest or ecclesiatic (cf. sense 1c).

A religious official who works in a public capacity.

a minister who reads the lessons or service without preaching (cf. lay reader n. at lay, adj. n.9compounds 1, reader, n. 3). Also Scottish: a…

A man of the clerical order; an ordained minister of the Christian church; one in holy orders. (In England, unless otherwise qualified, commonly…

A man ordained to the ministry or service of the Christian Church; a churchman, clergyman, or… Since the Reformation, in England generally =…

In Italy, Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and other areas of Spanish and Portuguese influence: (a title of) a Christian clergyman, esp. a Roman…

Used derisively to echo or pun on minister. Obsolete.

A religious person; a member of the clergy; (also) a devout, holy, or spiritually-minded person. Now rare.

A clerical man, a clergyman. Often used instead of the earlier clerk, n. (in sense 1), to avoid the ambiguity of that word.

A wearer of a cassock; esp. a clergyman.

Used somewhat contemptuously for: A clergyman. Also, in allusion to Judges 17:12, a domestic chaplain. Obsolete.

One who wears a gown as an indication of his office, profession, or standing. A member of the clerical profession; a clergyman. Now rare.

see elder, adj. 4.

A clergyman, person in orders, a ‘churchman’ as distinguished from a ‘layman’. Apparently not before 17th cent., the earlier term being…

A person devoted to religion; an excessively religious person, a zealot. Also: a person professionally occupied with religion, as a minister or…

In the 18th cent., ‘a sort of thin worsted stuff, of which the dress of the clergy is sometimes made’ (Bailey 1755); hence, sometimes put for those…

a clergyman.

†(a) a clergyman (obsolete); (b) (see men in black n. at phrases 3a).

†(a) slang a clergyman (obsolete rare); (b) North American a person who trades the services of convicts, indentured servants, or slaves (now histo…

One of the secular clergy; a secular.

a clergyman; cf. jet, n.2 4.

A priest or minister; = liturgist, n. 3.

A person who officiates at a religious ceremony or conducts a religious service; an officiating priest or minister.

the stem of snub, v.1 used in a few combinations, as snub-devil n. a clergyman (obsolete slang). snub-line n. = snub-post n. snub-post n. U.S. a…

(a) (originally slang) a clergyman, priest, or other religious figure; (b) a psychologist or psychiatrist.

A person who officiates; esp. an officiating priest or minister.

A teacher, a minister, a missionary; also used as a respectful form of address.

= crape-gown-man n.

A cleric: one of a clerical party.

A man who teaches about God or a god, a religious man; esp. (formerly in West Africa) a missionary. Now chiefly: (in South Asia) a religious…

In Germany and other German-speaking areas: a minister, priest, or pastor. Also as a title: ‘Father’.

One who celebrates divine worship; a minister.

a clergyman.

In extended use. slang. A clergyman. Cf. black coat n. at black, adj. n.compounds 1e(a) rookship, n. Obsolete.

transferred. A wearer of such a hat.

(a name for) a chaplain, esp. one serving in the armed forces or among sailors; (also) a missionary (cf. pilot, n. 1b).

quasi-n. = ecclesiastic, n. 1. rare.

a minister of religion.

A clergyman or minister of religion, ‘padre’. Australian.

a clergyman.

an evangelist; a clergyman.

In the writings of Dylan Thomas: a clergyman.