clergyman

cler·gy·man

C0402100 (klûr′jē-mən)n. A man who is a member of the clergy.

clergyman

(ˈklɜːdʒɪmən) n, pl -men (Ecclesiastical Terms) a member of the clergy. Gender-neutral form: vicar or priest

cler•gy•man

(ˈklɜr dʒi mən)

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

Thesaurus

Noun

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clergyman - a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Churchman of the cloth, 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 chapellayman, layperson, secular - someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person

clergyman

noun minister, priest, vicar, parson, reverend (informal), rabbi, pastor, chaplain, cleric, rector, curate, father, churchman, padre, man of God, man of the cloth, divine The crowds were protesting against a local clergyman being banned from preaching.Quotations
"The clergyman is expected to be a kind of human Sunday" [Samuel Butler The Way of All Flesh]

clergyman

nounA person ordained for service in a Christian church:churchman, churchwoman, clergywoman, cleric, clerical, clerk, divine, ecclesiastic, minister, parson, preacher.Informal: reverend.

Translations

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clergy

(ˈkləːdʒi) noun the ministers, priests etc of the Christian religion. the clergy of the Church of England. 牧師 牧师ˈclergyman noun one of the clergy; a priest, minister etc. 牧師 牧师