CHURCHMAN: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | 'churchmun
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| Matching Terms: | | Churchmanly, Churchmanship
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] a clergyman or other person in religious orders |
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| | Synonyms: | | cleric, divine, ecclesiastic |
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| | See Also: | | a Kempis, bishop, clergyman, man of the cloth, ordainer, pardoner, reverend, Thomas a Kempis | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Church"man\, n.; pl. {Churchmen}.
1. An ecclesiastic or clergyman.
2. An Episcopalian, or a member of the Established Church of
England. ``A zealous churchman.'' --Macaulay.
3. One was is attached to, or attends, church.
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| | Related Terms: | | abbe, accepter, believer, brother, catechumen, chaplain, Christian, church member, churchgoer, churchite, churchwoman, clergyman, cleric, clerical, clerk, communicant, convert, curate, cure, daily communicant, DD, devotee, devotionalist, disciple, divine, Doctor of Divinity, ecclesiastic, fanatic, follower, God-fearing man, good Christian, Holy Joe, laic, lay brother, lay sister, layman, laywoman, man of God, military chaplain, minister, neophyte, padre, parishioner, parson, pastor, pietist, preacher, proselyte, receiver, rector, religionist, reverend, saint, secular, servant of God, shepherd, sister, sky pilot, supply clergy, supply minister, the Reverend, the very Reverend, theist, tonsured cleric, truster, votary, zealot |
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