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[syn: cleric, churchman, divine, ecclesiastic]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cleric \Cler"ic\, a.
Same as Clerical.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cleric \Cler"ic\, n. [AS., fr. L. clericus. See Clerk.]
A clerk, a clergyman. [R.] --Bp. Horsley.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cleric
n 1: a clergyman or other person in religious orders [syn:
cleric, churchman, divine, ecclesiastic]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "cleric":
DD, Doctor of Divinity, Holy Joe, abbe, chaplain, churchman,
clergyman, clerical, clerk, curate, cure, divine, ecclesiastic,
man of God, military chaplain, minister, padre, parson, pastor,
preacher, rector, reverend, servant of God, shepherd, sky pilot,
supply clergy, supply minister, the Reverend, the very Reverend,
tonsured cleric