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clergyman

English

Etymology

clergy +? -man

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?kl?d?im?n/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?kl??d?im?n/
  • Hyphenation: cler?gy?man

Noun

clergyman (plural clergymen)

  1. An ordained (male) Christian minister, a male member of the clergy.

Hypernyms

  • clergyperson

Holonyms

  • clergy

Coordinate terms

  • clergywoman

Translations

Italian

Noun

clergyman m (invariable)

  1. A clergyman's suite of clothes

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cleric

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin cl?ricus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (kl?rikós), from ?????? (klêros, “a casting lots, drawing lots”). Many officers at Athens obtained their offices by lot, as opposed to election (Liddell and Scott). Doublet of clerk.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kl???k/
  • Rhymes: -???k

Noun

cleric (plural clerics)

  1. A clergy member.
  2. (role-playing games) A spellcaster class that receives their spells (especially healing) from their deity.

Related terms

  • clergy
  • clergyman
  • clerical
  • clerk

Translations

Further reading

  • cleric in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • cleric in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • cleric at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

  • Circle, circle

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin clericus

Noun

cleric m (plural clerici)

  1. cleric

Declension

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