| Main Entry: | cleric |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preacher |
Synonyms: |
chaplain, churchman, churchwoman, clergyman, clergywoman, clerical, divine, ecclesiastic, father, minister, parson, priest, rabbi, reverend |
| Main Entry: | chaplain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | minister in church |
Synonyms: |
cleric, member of clergy, pastor, preacher, priest, rabbi, turn-around collar |
| Main Entry: | clergy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ministry of church |
Synonyms: |
canonicate, canonry, cardinalate, churchpersons, clerics, conclave, deaconry, diaconate, ecclesiastics, first estate, holy order, pastorate, prelacy, priesthood, rabbinate, the cloth, the desk, the pulpit |
| Notes: | clergy first meant 'learning, scholarship' and clerk had the original meaning 'man ordained to the Christian ministry' |
| Main Entry: | clergyperson |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | minister of church |
Synonyms: |
abbey, archbishop, bishop, blackcoat, cardinal, cassock, chaplain, churchperson, cleric, clerk, curate, dean, divine, ecclesiast, ecclesiastic, evangelist, father, missionary, monsignor, padre, parson, pastor, person of God, person of the cloth, pontiff, preacher, predicant, priest, primate, pulpitarian, pulpiteer, rabbi, rector, reverend, sermonizer, shepherd, vicar |
| Main Entry: | clerical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning clergy |
Synonyms: |
apostolic, canonical, churchly, cleric, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical, episcopal, holy, ministerial, monastic, monkish, papal, parsonical, parsonish, pastoral, pontifical, prelatic, priestly, rabbinical, sacerdotal, sacred, theocratical |
| Main Entry: | deacon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clergyperson |
Synonyms: |
church officer, cleric, elder, priest |
| Main Entry: | minister |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person in charge of church |
Synonyms: |
abbot, archbishop, archdeacon, bishop, chaplain, clergy, clergyperson, cleric, clerical, clerk, confessor, curate, deacon, dean, diocesan, divine, ecclesiastic, lecturer, missionary, monk, parson, pastor, preacher, prelate, priest, pulpiteer, rector, reverend, shepherd, vicar |
| Main Entry: | pastor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who conducts church services |
Synonyms: |
cleric, divine, ecclesiastic, minister, parson, preacher, priest, rector, reverend, shepherd, vicar |
| Main Entry: | preacher |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who gives religious instruction |
Synonyms: |
clergy, cleric, clerical, divine, ecclesiastic, evangelist, evangelizer, minister, missionary, parson, pulpiter, reverend, revivalist, sermonizer |
| Main Entry: | priest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | man who is minister in Roman or Orthodox Catholic church |
Synonyms: |
clergyperson, cleric, curate, divine, ecclesiastic, elder, father, father confessor, friar, holy man, lama, man of God, man of the cloth, monk, padre, pontiff, preacher, rector, vicar |