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cler‧gy‧man/ˈklɜːdʒimən $ ˈklɜːr-/ noun (plural clergymen /-mən/) [COUNTABLE]
a male member of the clergy
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THESAURUS
▪priest someone who is specially trained to perform religious duties and ceremonies in the Christian church :
　 ▪ a Catholic priest
　 ▪ a Buddhist priest
　 ▪ Women priests are much more common these days.
　 ▪ The priest who married us was very friendly and helpful.
▪bishop a priest of high rank in some branches of the Christian church, who is the head of all the churches and priests in a large area :
　 ▪ the Bishop of Oxford
　 ▪ a meeting of bishops
▪vicar a priest in the Church of England who is in charge of a church in a particular area :
　 ▪ our local vicar
▪preacher someone who gives the sermon (=a religious talk as part of a church service) in some Protestant churches :
　 ▪ a Methodist preacher
▪minister the formal word for any priest in some branches of the Christian church :
　 ▪ In 1843, 450 ministers of the church broke away from the established church of Scotland.
▪chaplain someone, especially a priest, who takes care of the religious needs of an organization such as a college, hospital, prison, or the military :
　 ▪ the prison chaplain
▪pastor American English someone who is in charge of the prayers, ceremonies etc in some branches of the Protestant church :
　 ▪ a Baptist pastor
▪rabbi the person who is in charge of the prayers, ceremonies etc in the Jewish religion :
　 ▪ Israel’s chief rabbis
▪mullah a Muslim teacher of law and religion :
　 ▪ The people turned to their traditional leaders, the mullahs.
▪holy man someone who is treated with great respect by people who belong to a religion :
　 ▪ A Sadhu, or Hindu holy man, was performing yoga on the banks of the River Ganges.
▪the clergy the official leaders in organized religions, such as the priests, rabbis, and mullahs :
　 ▪ Around 30 members of the clergy gathered for the meeting.
▪clergyman a male member of the clergy – used especially in the past :
　 ▪ His youngest son decided to become a clergyman.

noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADJECTIVE
anglican
▪ They had six sons, one of whom died young and four of whom became Anglican clergymen, and seven daughters.
▪ I recall another student who was an Anglican clergyman.
▪ In the period 1831-65 no fewer than forty-one Anglican clergymen had presided over its various sections.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He would never understand why she had married a pompous clergyman.
▪ In 1867 she married a clergyman, Frank Besant.
▪ In Leeds, a clergyman, the Rev. Edward Jackson, had found a similar situation.
▪ No wonder our clergymen look anxious, and their congregations confused!
▪ Philanthropists and clergymen had to admit that their own reforming schemes had completely failed.
▪ The besieged were led by a soldier and a clergyman.
▪ The situation is so bad that special seminars are being held to teach clergymen more about security.
▪ When I returned to the drawing room, a clergyman was talking about the hardships being suffered by children in Berlin.