'Clergyman' definitions:
Definition of 'clergyman'
(from WordNet)
noun
A member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church [syn: clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth] [ant: layman, layperson, secular]
Definition of 'Clergyman'
From: GCIDE
- Clergyman \Cler"gy*man\, n.; pl. Clergymen. An ordained minister; a man regularly authorized to preach the gospel, and administer its ordinances; in England usually restricted to a minister of the Established Church. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'clergyman'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbe,
- ayatollah,
- brother,
- canon,
- cassock,
- chaplain,
- churchman,
- cleric,
- clerical,
- clerk,
- curate,
- cure,
- DD,
- deacon,
- dean,
- divine,
- Doctor of Divinity,
- dominie,
- ecclesiastic,
- evangelist,
- father,
- friar,
- guru,
- Holy Joe,
- holy man,
- imam,
- man of God,
- military chaplain,
- minister,
- missionary,
- monastic,
- monk,
- padre,
- parson,
- pastor,
- preacher,
- prebend,
- prebendary,
- predicant,
- presbyter,
- priest,
- pulpitarian,
- pulpiteer,
- pulpiter,
- rabbi,
- rector,
- religious,
- reverend,
- revivalist,
- sacristan,
- sermonizer,
- servant of God,
- sexton,
- shepherd,
- sky pilot,
- supply clergy,
- supply minister,
- the Reverend,
- the very Reverend,
- tonsured cleric,
- vicar