man of the cloth

n. pl. men of the cloth A clergyman.

cler•gy•man

(ˈklɜr dʒi mən)

n., pl. -men. a member of the clergy. [1570–80] usage: See -man.

man of the cloth

- Originally applied to anyone who wore a uniform or livery for work.See also related terms for uniform.

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man of the cloth - a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Churchclergyman, reverendclergy - in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity)spiritual leader - a leader in religious or sacred affairsacolyte - someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churchesanagnost - a cleric in the minor orders of the Eastern Orthodox Church who reads the lessons aloud in the liturgy (analogous to the lector in the Roman Catholic Church)archdeacon - (Anglican Church) an ecclesiastical dignitary usually ranking just below a bishopchaplain - a clergyman ministering to some institutionchurchman, cleric, ecclesiastic, divine - a clergyman or other person in religious orderscurate, minister, minister of religion, parson, pastor, rector - a person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches"deacon - a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Ordersdomine, dominee, dominie, dominus - a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parsonostiarius, ostiary, doorkeeper - the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Churchlector, reader - someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Churchofficiant - a clergyman who officiates at a religious ceremony or serviceordinand - a person being ordainedordinary - a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for deathpostulator - (Roman Catholic Church) someone who proposes or pleads for a candidate for beatification or canonizationpreacher, preacher man, sermoniser, sermonizer - someone whose occupation is preaching the gospelpriest - a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Ordersshepherd - a clergyman who watches over a group of peoplesubdeacon - a clergyman an order below deacon; one of the Holy Orders in the unreformed western Christian church and the eastern Catholic Churches but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Churchvicar - (Church of England) a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parishvicar - (Episcopal Church) a clergyman in charge of a chapel

man of the cloth

A priest or clergyman. Ever since he was young, John knew he wanted to become a man of the cloth.See also: cloth, man, of

man of the cloth

Fig. a clergyman. Father Brown is a man of the cloth and is welcome at our table for dinner every Sunday.See also: cloth, man, of

man of the cloth

a clergyman. Jonathan Swift used cloth as an informal term for the clerical profession in the early 18th century, but it was earlier applied to several other occupations for which distinctive clothing was worn, e.g. the legal or military professions.See also: cloth, man, of

a ˌman of ˈGod/the ˈcloth

(old-fashioned, formal) a religious man, especially a priest or a clergymanSee also: cloth, god, man, of

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noun a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church

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