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has gloss(noun) a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
reverend, clergyman, man of the cloth
lexicalizationeng: clergyman
lexicalizationeng: man of the cloth
lexicalizationeng: reverend
subclass of(noun) a leader in religious or sacred affairs
spiritual leader
has subclass(noun) a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson
dominee, dominie, domine, dominus
has subclass(noun) the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church
ostiarius, doorkeeper, ostiary
has subclass(noun) someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church
lector, reader
has subclass(noun) a clergyman who officiates at a religious ceremony or service
officiant
has subclass(noun) a person being ordained
ordinand
has subclass(noun) a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death
ordinary
has subclass(noun) (Roman Catholic Church) someone who proposes or pleads for a candidate for beatification or canonization
postulator
has subclass(noun) someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel
sermonizer, sermoniser, preacher, preacher man
has subclass(noun) a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
priest
has subclass(noun) a clergyman who watches over a group of people
shepherd
has subclass(noun) a clergyman an order below deacon; one of the Holy Orders in the unreformed western Christian church and the eastern Catholic Churches but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church
subdeacon
has subclass(noun) (Church of England) a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish
vicar
has subclass(noun) (Episcopal Church) a clergyman in charge of a chapel
vicar
has subclass(noun) someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches
acolyte
has subclass(noun) 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)
anagnost
has subclass(noun) (Anglican Church) an ecclesiastical dignitary usually ranking just below a bishop
archdeacon
has subclass(noun) a clergyman ministering to some institution
chaplain
has subclass(noun) a clergyman or other person in religious orders
divine, churchman, ecclesiastic, cleric
has subclass(noun) a person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches"
rector, curate, minister of religion, minister, pastor, parson
has subclass(noun) a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders
deacon
has subclassc/Australian clergymen
has instance(noun) United States clergyman who was a leader for the abolition of slavery (1813-1887)
Beecher, Henry Ward Beecher
has instance(noun) English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631)
Donne, John Donne
has instance(noun) English clergyman who (with John Henry Newman and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford movement (1792-1866)
Keble, John Keble
has instance(noun) United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968)
King, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr.
has instance(noun) English clergyman and founder of Methodism (1703-1791)
John Wesley, Wesley
has instance(noun) English clergyman and brother of John Wesley who wrote many hymns (1707-1788)
Wesley, Charles Wesley
has instance(noun) English clergyman and colonist who was expelled from Massachusetts for criticizing Puritanism; he founded Providence in 1636 and obtained a royal charter for Rhode Island in 1663 (1603-1683)
Williams, Roger Williams
Meaning
Arabic
lexicalizationara: قس
lexicalizationara: كاهن
Asturian
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Breton
lexicalizationbre: person
lexicalizationbre: beleg
Bulgarian
lexicalizationbul: свещеник
Catalan
lexicalizationcat: prevere
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Czech
lexicalizationces: duchovní
lexicalizationces: kněz
Mandarin Chinese
lexicalizationcmn: mù shi
lexicalizationcmn: 牧师
lexicalizationcmn: 牧師
Danish
lexicalizationdan: præst
German
lexicalizationdeu: Pfarrer
lexicalizationdeu: Priester
lexicalizationdeu: Geistlicher
lexicalizationdeu: Geistliche
Esperanto
lexicalizationepo: pastro
lexicalizationepo: kleriko
lexicalizationepo: sacerdoto
lexicalizationepo: ekleziulo
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Estonian
lexicalizationest: preester
Finnish
lexicalizationfin: pastori
French
lexicalizationfra: prêtre
lexicalizationfra: ecclésiastique
lexicalizationfra: curé
lexicalizationfra: pasteur
lexicalizationfra: abbé
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Gaelic
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Irish
lexicalizationgle: sagart
Galician
lexicalizationglg: clérigo
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Ancient Greek (to 1453)
lexicalizationgrc: κληρικός
Hindi
lexicalizationhin: pAxarI
Croatian
lexicalizationhrv: svećenik
lexicalizationhrv: pastir
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Hungarian
lexicalizationhun: lelkész
lexicalizationhun: pap
Indonesian
lexicalizationind: pendeta
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Icelandic
lexicalizationisl: klerkur
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Italian
lexicalizationita: ecclesiastico
lexicalizationita: prete
lexicalizationita: sacerdote
lexicalizationita: pastore
Japanese
lexicalizationjpn: 司祭
lexicalizationjpn: 牧師
Georgian
lexicalizationkat: მღვდელი
Korean
lexicalizationkor: 목사
lexicalizationkor: 성직자
Maori
lexicalizationmri: minita
Navaho
lexicalizationnav: ééʼ neishoodii
Dutch
lexicalizationnld: priester
lexicalizationnld: geestelijke
lexicalizationnld: pastoor
Occitan (post 1500)
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Polish
lexicalizationpol: pastor
Portuguese
lexicalizationpor: pároco
lexicalizationpor: clérigo
lexicalizationpor: pastor
lexicalizationpor: sacerdote
Moldavian
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Russian
lexicalizationrus: священник
lexicalizationrus: пастор
lexicalizationrus: пастырь
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Slovak
lexicalizationslk: kňaz
lexicalizationslk: duchovný
lexicalizationslk: páter
Castilian
lexicalizationspa: clérigo
lexicalizationspa: sacerdote
lexicalizationspa: sacerdote católico
lexicalizationspa: eclesiástico
lexicalizationspa: pastor
Serbian
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Swedish
lexicalizationswe: präst
lexicalizationswe: kyrkoherde
lexicalizationswe: pastor
Thai
lexicalizationtha: พระ
lexicalizationtha: สมาชิกพวกพระ
Turkish
lexicalizationtur: papaz
lexicalizationtur: rahip
lexicalizationtur: vaiz
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Ukrainian
lexicalizationukr: священик
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member of(noun) in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity)
clergy
opposite(noun) someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
secular, layperson, layman

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