cleric
NounUS[kler-ik]/ˈklɛrɪk/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)clerics
- a clergyman or other person in religious ordersSynonyms: divineecclesiasticType of reverendKinds churchman, churchwoman, pluralist, ordainer, pardonerExamples Bruno of Cologne, a Kempis
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Cler′ic noun
Origin: AS., fr. L. clericus. See Clerk.
A clerk, a clergyman. rare Bp. Samuel Horsley
Cler′ic adjective
Same as Clerical.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54