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Meanings of churchman in English

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clérigo
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clérigo
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A clergyman or other person in religious orders.

clérigo
Usage of churchman in English
1
The Norman duke was subtle, but the Italian churchman was subtler still.
William the Conqueror
2
Mother, as a soldier, I MAY attain distinction; as a churchman, never.
Prince Eugene and His Times
3
He is, however, very strict in religious matters, and a staunch churchman.
Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists
4
That was the mock churchman's shortest way for the suppression of Dissent.
Daniel Defoe
5
But we are not concerned to study him as a good churchman.
The Life of Cesare Borgia
6
Reginald here will be a churchman and serve the king and God.
The King’s Curse
7
I have heard you say yourself what an excellent churchman he is.'
The Three Clerks
8
That is your answer, that is the sum of your churchman's argument!
The White Sister
9
Etienne hid his face in his mantle; the churchman and nobles conferred together.
The Rival Heirs; being the Third and Last Chronicle of Aescendun...
10
But in the eyes of the lady Petronilla, Leander was an ideal churchman.
Veranilda
11
He is, in my judgment, a fine human being and a great churchman.
News.com.au
12
He was a strong churchman and especially interested in education and the colonies.
Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold
13
Favourite quote: A good churchman is always up in everybody's shit.
The Guardian
14
The Yankee Puritans were evidently not to be outmanaged by the English churchman.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 / Devoted To...
15
In this respect Las Casas, though a churchman, was very different from Columbus.
The Life of Columbus
16
But the churchman had a right to a more direct reply.
The White Sister
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