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clergyman
cler‧gy‧man/ˈklɜːdʒimən $ ˈklɜːr-/ noun (plural clergymen /-mən/) [COUNTABLE] a male member of the clergy • • • 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.
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