clergyman

Noun

Meaning

An ordained minister; a man regularly authorized to preach the gospel, and administer its ordinances; in England usually restricted to a minister of the Established Church.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

reverend man of the cloth minister pope jesuit cardinal archbishop rabbi shepherd dean abbe mullah bishop abbot deacon
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Antonyms

layman priestess mother superior laity abbess sister
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Hypernyms

spiritual leader

Hyponyms

minister shepherd dominus deacon parson rector

Phrases with the word

clergyman's sore throat clergyman's residence indian clergyman clergyman's home lay clergyman

Derivatives

clergymen

Examples

There is a species of person called a 'Modern Churchman' who draws the full salary of a beneficed clergyman and need not commit himself to any religious belief. Evelyn Waugh

There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman. Henry Fielding

An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men. Vincent van Gogh

That clergyman soon becomes an object of contempt who being often asked out to dinner never refuses to go. Jerome

Truth is the silliest thing under the sun. Try to get a living by the Truth and go to the Soup Societies. Heavens! Let any clergyman try to preach the Truth from its very stronghold, the pulpit, and they would ride him out of his church on his own pulpit bannister. Herman Melville

Never, ever ask a former clergyman to say the blessing over a holiday dinner. Not if you like your dinner warm, anyway. Mary Kay Andrews

Close letter words and terms

clergyable clergyism clergylike clergyman's home clergyman's residence clergyman's sore throat