cleric (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *cleric*:
NOUN	person	cleric, churchman, divine, ecclesiastic	a clergyman or other person in religious orders

cleric > pronunciation
Sounds	kleh'rihk
Rhymes	academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk...

English > *cleric*: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning	A clergyman or other person in religious orders.
Synonyms	churchman, divine, ecclesiastic
Instances	Bruno, Saint Bruno, St. Bruno	(Roman Catholic Church) a French cleric (born in Germany) who founded the Carthusian order in 1084 (1032-1101)
Instances	a Kempis, Thomas a Kempis	German ecclesiastic (1380-1471)
Narrower	ordainer	A cleric who ordains
	pardoner	A medieval cleric who raised money for the church by selling papal indulgences
	pluralist	A cleric who holds more than one benefice at a time / time
Broader	clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth	A member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
Spanish	clérigo, eclesiástico
Catalan	clergue, eclesiàstic

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