clergyman

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Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
21
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈklɝd͡ʒimən/
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/ˈklɝd͡ʒimən/ · /ˈklɜːdʒimən/

Definition of clergyman

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A male member of a clergy; especially, an ordained (male) Christian minister.
    “Holonym: clergy”
    “I think if post commanders of the unchaplained posts could employ acceptable clergymen […] then the needs might be met.”
    “The king experienced his first attack in autumn 1788, and as his condition worsened and the physicians-in-ordinary proved unable to cope or cure, the Reverend Dr Francis Willis (1717–1807), a clergyman doctor who ran a madhouse in Lincolnshire, was called in.”

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Etymology

From clergy + -man.

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