| Pronunciation: | | 'klerik
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| Matching Terms: | | clerical, clerical collar, clericalism, clericity, clerid, clerid beetle, cleridae, clerihew, clerisy
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| | Definition: | | [n] a clergyman or other person in religious orders |
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| | Synonyms: | | churchman, divine, ecclesiastic |
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| | See Also: | | a Kempis, bishop, clergyman, man of the cloth, ordainer, pardoner, reverend, Thomas a Kempis |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Cler"ic\, n. [AS., fr. L. clericus. See {Clerk}.]
A clerk, a clergyman. [R.] --Bp. Horsley.
\Cler"ic\, a.
Same as {Clerical}.
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| | Related Terms: | | abbe, chaplain, churchman, clergyman, clerical, clerk, curate, cure, DD, divine, Doctor of Divinity, ecclesiastic, Holy Joe, 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 |
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