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clergyman

 
Dictionary: cler·gy·man   (klûr'jē-mən) pronunciation

n.
A man who is a member of the clergy.


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noun

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

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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce


n.

A man who undertakes the management of our spiritual affairs as a method of better his temporal ones.


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
  Synonyms: reverend, man of the cloth
  Antonym: layman (meaning #1)


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Clergyman

Dansk (Danish)
n. - præst

Nederlands (Dutch)
geestelijke, predikant

Français (French)
n. - ecclésiastique, pasteur, prêtre

Deutsch (German)
n. - Geistlicher

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (θρησκ.) κληρικός, ιερωμένος

Italiano (Italian)
ecclesiastico, pastore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - clérigo (m)

Русский (Russian)
священник, лицо духовного звания

Español (Spanish)
n. - clérigo, sacerdote, pastor protestante

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - präst

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
牧师

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 牧師

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 성직자, 목사나 사제

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 聖職者, 牧師

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كاهن, قسيس‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כומר‬


 
 
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