Meaning

1 senses
  1. A male member of a clergy; especially, an ordained (male) Christian minister.

    Holonym: clergy

    Pfarrer, Pastor, Kleriker

    священнослужи́тельsvjaščennoslužítelʹ, свяще́нникsvjaščénnik, кли́рикklírik

    священнослужи́тельsvjaščennoslužýtelʹ, свяще́нникsvjaščénnyk, духівни́кduxivnýk

    a male member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Are you really a clergyman?

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  2. The clergyman has married three couples this week.

    deDer Pfarrer hielt diese Woche drei Trauungen ab.

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  3. At first they rejected the proposal, but a clergyman urged them to accept.

    deZuerst wiesen sie den Vorschlag zurück, aber ein Geistlicher drängte sie, anzunehmen.

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  4. Tom is a clergyman.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
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ordained (male) Christian minister, male member of the clergy:
Русский
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ordained (male) Christian minister, male member of the clergy:
Deutsch
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ordained (male) Christian minister, male member of the clergy:

Forms

plural: clergymen
Singularclergyman
Pluralclergymen

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a male member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church:man of the cloth

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

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