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单词 clerics
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cleric

noun

cler·​ic ˈkler-ik How to pronounce cleric (audio)
ˈkle-rik
: a member of the clergy

Synonyms

  • clergyperson
  • clerical
  • clerk
  • deacon
  • divine
  • dominie
  • ecclesiastic
  • minister
  • preacher
  • priest
  • reverend
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Example Sentences

clerics were sharply divided on the issue of whether the war was morally justified
Recent Examples on the Web Earlier this week, at least 30 people were killed in Baghdad during clashes between protesters who support the influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, rival Shiite factions backed by Iran, and government security forces. Catherine Garcia, The Week, 1 Sep. 2022 Bishop Robert Barron, a controversial cleric on both the secular left and right for his talks on ethics and evangelization, says the Catholic Church needs a new order of priests for a new, secular world. Fox News, 28 Aug. 2022 Last week, a Taliban cleric was killed by a suicide bomber in a Kabul seminary. Susannah George And Haq Nawaz Khan, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Aug. 2022 Last week, a prominent Taliban cleric was killed by a suicide bomber in a Kabul seminary. Haq Nawaz Khan, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022 Hossein Taeb, a cleric who headed the Guard’s intelligence wing for more than a decade, was succeeded by Gen. Mohammad Kazemi, according to a statement on the official IRGC news website. David S. Cloud, WSJ, 23 June 2022 In a third case, a cleric who had been convicted by a court outside Germany was put into service in the Munich archdiocese, and the circumstances speak for Ratzinger having known of the priest’s previous history, Pusch said. Nicole Winfield, ajc, 21 Jan. 2022 In a third case, a cleric who had been convicted by a court outside Germany was put into service in the Munich archdiocese and the circumstances speak for Ratzinger having known of the priest’s previous history, Pusch said. Geir Moulson, chicagotribune.com, 20 Jan. 2022 The child, named Paolo, clambered onto the stage in the Audience Hall, where Pope Francis was seated with a cleric on either side. Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin clericus

First Known Use

1621, in the meaning defined above

clerics

noun

plural of cleric
as in priests
a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church clerics were sharply divided on the issue of whether the war was morally justified

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • priests
  • preachers
  • clergymen
  • bishops
  • clericals
  • ministers
  • pastors
  • deacons
  • ecclesiastics
  • reverends
  • prelates
  • divines
  • chaplains
  • clerks
  • fathers
  • clergypersons
  • priestesses
  • archbishops
  • churchmen
  • popes
  • monks
  • dominies
  • missionaries
  • abbots
  • vicars
  • rectors
  • diocesans
  • padres
  • presbyters
  • deans
  • religious
  • clergywomen
  • friars
  • archpriests
  • deaconesses
  • confessors
  • parsons
  • monsignors
  • evangelists
  • abbés
  • curés
  • shepherds
  • mendicants
  • missioners
  • monastics
  • revivalists
  • curates
  • oblates
  • Holy Joes
  • monsignori
  • sky pilots
  • missionizers
  • high priests
  • high priestesses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • laymen
  • laypeople
  • secular
  • seculars
  • lay readers
  • lectors
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