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[syn: clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Clergyman \Cler"gy*man\, n.; pl. Clergymen.
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
clergyman
n 1: a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the
Christian Church [syn: clergyman, reverend, man of the
cloth] [ant: layman, layperson, secular]
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
CLERGYMAN, n. A man who undertakes the management of our spiritual
affairs as a method of better his temporal ones.