Meaning

1 senses
  1. A male member of the clergy.

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

Examples

2 sentences
  1. He's as proud as a man of the cloth.

  2. It leads a lecher and a thief to soon become a man of the cloth.

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Forms

plural: men of the cloth
Singularman of the cloth
Pluralmen of the cloth

irregular · Lesson

Synonyms

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

See also

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