Meaning of CLERGYMAN
| Pronunciation: | | 'klurjeemun
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| | Definition: | | [n] a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church |
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| | Synonyms: | | man of the cloth, reverend |
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| | Antonyms: | | layman, layperson | | |
| | See Also: | | archdeacon, archpriest, Beecher, Catholic deacon, chaplain, churchman, clergy, cleric, curate, deacon, divine, domine, dominee, dominie, dominus, Donne, ecclesiastic, Henry Ward Beecher, hierarch, high priest, John Donne, John Keble, John Wesley, Keble, King, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr., minister, officiant, ordinand, ordinary, parson, pastor, postulator, preacher, preacher man, prelate, priest, primate, rector, Roger Williams, sermoniser, sermonizer, shepherd, spiritual leader, vicar, Wesley, Williams | |
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| | Definition: | | \Cler"gy*man\, n.; pl. {Clergymen}.
An ordained minister; a man regularly authorized to preach
the gospel, and administer its ordinances; in England usually
restricted to a minister of the Established Church.
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| | Related Terms: | | abbe, ayatollah, brother, canon, cassock, chaplain, churchman, cleric, clerical, clerk, curate, cure, DD, deacon, dean, divine, Doctor of Divinity, dominie, ecclesiastic, evangelist, father, friar, guru, Holy Joe, holy man, imam, man of God, military chaplain, minister, missionary, monastic, monk, padre, parson, pastor, preacher, prebend, prebendary, predicant, presbyter, priest, pulpitarian, pulpiteer, pulpiter, rabbi, rector, religious, reverend, revivalist, sacristan, sermonizer, servant of God, sexton, shepherd, sky pilot, supply clergy, supply minister, the Reverend, the very Reverend, tonsured cleric, vicar |
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