Cleric

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  • noun. A member of the clergy.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A clerk; a clergyman or scholar.
  • Same as clerical, 1.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A clerk, a clergyman.
  • adjective. Same as clerical.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A clergy member.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a clergyman or other person in religious orders
    • Word Usage
    "Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, himself a Catholic, said on Friday that he regretted what he described as the cleric's deeply conservative attitude."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    clergyman  man of the cloth  reverend  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    Bruno  St. Bruno  a kempis  ordainer  pardoner  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Carrick  Derek  Derick  Derrick  Deryck  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    baron  businessman  chaplain  churchman  clergy  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    DD  Doctor of Divinity  Holy Joe  abbe  chaplain  
    variant
    clerical  
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