clergyman

Meaning of clergyman

noun

a male priest, minister, or religious leader, especially a Christian one.

Information about clergyman

Hyphenation of clergyman

cler-gy-man

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • clergyman is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

clergyman synonyms

Meaning reverend:

reverend

Meaning an ordained minister of the Catholic, Orthodox, or Anglican Church, authorized to perform certain rites and administer certain sacraments:

priest

Meaning a male member of the Christian clergy or of a Church:

churchman

Meaning a priest or religious leader, especially a Christian or Muslim one:

cleric

Meaning a member of the clergy, especially in the Presbyterian and Nonconformist Churches:

minister

Meaning a person who preaches, especially a minister of religion:

preacher

Meaning a member of the clergy attached to a private chapel, institution, ship, regiment, etc:

chaplain

Meaning (often as a title or form of address) a priest:

father

Meaning a priest or member of the clergy:

ecclesiastic

Meaning a cleric or theologian:

divine

Meaning a person who engages or is an expert in theology:

theologian

Meaning a senior member of the Christian clergy, usually in charge of a diocese and empowered to confer holy orders:

bishop

Meaning a minister in charge of a Christian church or congregation, especially in some non-episcopal churches:

pastor

Meaning (in other Anglican Churches) a member of the clergy deputizing for another:

vicar

Meaning (in the Church of England) the incumbent of a parish where all tithes formerly passed to the incumbent:

rector

Meaning a beneficed member of the clergy; a rector or a vicar:

parson

Meaning a member of the clergy engaged as assistant to a vicar, rector, or parish priest:

curate

Meaning (in Catholic, Anglican, and Orthodox Churches) an ordained minister of an order ranking below that of priest:

deacon

Meaning (in the early Church and some modern Churches) a woman with duties similar to those of a deacon:

deaconess

Meaning a Jewish scholar or teacher, especially one who studies or teaches Jewish law:

rabbi

Meaning the person who leads prayers in a mosque:

imam

Meaning a clergyman or member of the Church of Scotland:

kirkman

Meaning a schoolmaster:

dominie

Meaning a chaplain in the armed services:

padre

Meaning a man, typically an old man or one regarded with some contempt:

josser

Translation of clergyman

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