clergyman(n = noun.person) man of the cloth, reverend - a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church; Array
is a kind of spiritual leader
is a member of clergy
has particulars: acolyte, anagnost, archdeacon, chaplain, churchman, cleric, divine, ecclesiastic, curate, minister, minister of religion, parson, pastor, rector, deacon, domine, dominee, dominie, dominus, doorkeeper, ostiarius, ostiary, lector, reader, officiant, ordinand, ordinary, postulator, preacher, preacher man, sermoniser, sermonizer, priest, shepherd, subdeacon, vicar, vicar, beecher, henry ward beecher, donne, john donne, john keble, keble, king, martin luther king, martin luther king jr., john wesley, wesley, charles wesley, wesley, roger williams, williams
Antonym: layman
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. [1913 Webster]
clergyman, n. (pl. -men) a member of the clergy, esp. of the Church of England.
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