clergyman
/ˈkləːdʒɪmən
/noun (plural clergymen)
A male priest, minister, or religious leader, especially a Christian one.The reverand has been for a quarter of a century a clergyman in Hampshire....
- If talking to a friend or relative doesn't help, or is not an option, a clergyman may be helpful.
- Having divorced his mentally unstable wife, he finds that his interest in the life of the clergyman has waned.
Synonyms
priest, churchman, churchwoman, man/woman of the cloth, man/woman of God, cleric, minister, preacher, chaplain, father;
ecclesiastic, divine, theologian;
Christianity bishop, pastor, vicar, rector, parson, (assistant) curate, deacon, deaconess;
Judaism rabbi;
Islam imam;
Scottish kirkman;
French abbé, curé;
North American dominie
informal reverend, padre, Holy Joe, sky pilot
Australian informal josser
informal, derogatory Bible-basher, God-botherer
Rhymes
- radio-tag
- radio-tagged
- radio-tagging
- radio talk
- radio talk show
- radio talk show host
- radio-telegram
- radio-telegraph
- radio-telegraphic
- radiotelegraphically
- radio-telegraphist
- radio-telegraphy
- radio telemetering
- radiotelemetry
- radio-telephone
- radio-telephonic
- radio-telephony
- radio telescope
- radioteletype
- radiotelex
- radiotellurium
- radiotherapeutic
- radiotherapeutically
- radiotherapeutics
- radiotherapeutist