English > man of the cloth: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church. |
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| Synonyms | clergyman, reverend |
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| Instances | Beecher, Henry Ward Beecher | United States clergyman who was a leader for the abolition of slavery (1813-1887) |
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| Donne, John Donne | English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631) |
| Keble, John Keble | English clergyman who (with John Henry Newman and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford movement (1792-1866) |
| King, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr. | United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation / segregation of Blacks (1929-1968) |
| Wesley, John Wesley | English clergyman and founder of Methodism (1703-1791) |
| Wesley, Charles Wesley | English clergyman and brother of John Wesley who wrote many hymns (1707-1788) |
| Williams, Roger Williams | English clergyman and colonist who was expelled from Massachusetts for criticizing Puritanism |
| Member of | clergy | In Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity) |
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| Narrower | acolyte | someone who assists a priest / priest or minister in a liturgical service |
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| anagnost | A cleric in the minor orders of the Eastern Orthodox Church who reads the lessons aloud in the liturgy (analogous to the lector in the Roman Catholic Church) |
| archdeacon | (Anglican Church) an ecclesiastical dignitary usually ranking just below a bishop |
| chaplain | A clergyman ministering to some institution |
| cleric, churchman, divine, ecclesiastic | A clergyman or other person in religious orders |
| curate, minister of religion, minister, parson, pastor, rector | A person authorized to conduct religious worship |
| deacon | A cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches |
| dominus, dominie, domine, dominee | A clergyman |
| doorkeeper, ostiary, ostiarius | The lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church |
| lector, reader | someone who reads the lessons in a church service |
| officiant | A clergyman who officiates at a religious ... / religious ceremony or service |
| ordinand | A person being ordained |
| ordinary | A clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death |
| postulator | (Roman Catholic Church) someone who proposes or pleads for a candidate for beatification or canonization |
| preacher, preacher man, sermonizer, sermoniser | someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel |
| priest | A clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites |
| shepherd | A clergyman who watches over a group of people |
| subdeacon | A clergyman an order below deacon |
| vicar | (Church of England) a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish |
| vicar | (Episcopal Church) a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| Broader | spiritual leader | A leader in religious or sacred affairs |
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| Opposite | layman, layperson, secular | someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person |
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| Spanish | clérigo, eclesiástico, pastor, reverendo, sacerdote |
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| Catalan | clergue, pastor, reverend |
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