clergyman
15
4.7
- noun
- /ˈklɜrdʒɪmən/
:
clérigo
- The clergyman delivered a heartfelt sermon during the Sunday service.
- Presbyterian clergyman
- clergyman's wife
Beware when politicians and clergymen start talking about error.
- Beware when politicians and clergymen start talking about error.
- Suddenly he changes his tune from his grandfather, who is a clergyman.
- You know, people like, you know, Giles Fraser, you know, clergymen, you know, who have high status, but, but, but, but they're poor, poor as church mice.
Examples
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Bishop Clarence, in his mid-70s, is influential because he has been a clergyman for over 40 years.
Academic text (1992) -
In a forgiving but world-weary voiceover, the clergyman briefly summarized the lives of the two loved ones.
Fiction book (2002) -
Do you become a clergyman in an online church of some sort?
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I believe he was the first clergyman to be sent to the New World.
Academic text (2011) -
In her village, she received much support from the clergyman and his wife who lived in the immediate neighborhood.
Academic text (1995) -
Who better than a clergyman, St. Ed thought, to deal with what might be satanic waste?
Fiction book (1993) -
Paul Singletary was probably the most involved and visible clergyman in Washington.
Fiction book (1990) -
Before he became a professor, he was a clergyman and one of the most well-known orators of his day.
Academic text (1995) -
Among these early converts was Richard Roach, the Anglican clergyman who had taken over leadership of the English Philadelphians.
Academic text (2018) -
"Fine was nodding with the gravity of a clergyman comforting his flock in the face of collective tragedy.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who leads religious ceremonies and worship in a church or temple
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3.0
A religious leader who cares for and leads a Christian church, usually in Protestant churches
291
3.2
A person who gives sermons in a church
279
2.6
A religious leader who leads worship and helps people
101
5.2
A Christian church leader often given a formal title before their name
57
7.3
A religious leader who cares for and guides a group of church members
53
6.4
A religious leader who leads services and prayers in a church
18
5.4
A Christian priest in charge of a local church
13
8.2
A Christian minister in charge of a local church
11
6.7
A man who works as a religious leader, like a priest
8
6.8
A man who talks about Christian beliefs in church
5
7.8
A church leader who leads services and cares for a local church
5
8.8
A member of the church who helps a priest with services and care
1
6.0
A man who leads or works in a Christian church
A person who works as a priest or minister in the Christian church
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word clergyman starts with clergy, a word for people chosen for church work and related to the familiar word clerk, which once meant 'a person who could read and write'. The ending man means 'male person', so a clergyman is a man who performs religious duties and gives spiritual guidance.