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Meanings of clergyman in English

Portuguese
clérigo
Catalan
clergue
Spanish
clérigo

A member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church.

      clérigo
      Russian
      священник
      Spanish
      ministro religioso
      Catalan
      pastor

      Christian religious occupation.

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              священник

              A minister of the Catholic church empowered to administer the sacraments, most particularly that of the Eucharist or Holy Communion, as well as those of confession and extreme unction.

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                    Religious occupation.

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                          Usage of clergyman in English
                          1
                          The coldness of the clergyman was forgotten in the bitterness of self-reproach.
                          Turns of Fortune, and Other Tales
                          2
                          Doubts may occasionally press in; and it is so with every clergyman.
                          Septimius Felton, or, the Elixir of Life
                          3
                          Spinrobin surreptitiously picked up his pencil; but the clergyman spied the movement.
                          The Human Chord
                          4
                          The tones of the clergyman were no longer revolting in his ears.
                          The Abandoned Room
                          5
                          A light began to glow in the eyes of the young clergyman.
                          The Tyranny of the Dark
                          6
                          The second clergyman, also in connection with the S.P.G., was the Rev.
                          Three Years in Tristan da Cunha
                          7
                          This was not in the rubric, and proved disconcerting to the clergyman.
                          The Rosary
                          8
                          The fact that my father was a clergyman made matters more hurtful.
                          The Irish Times
                          9
                          Only each of the three wrung the hand of the good clergyman.
                          Unknown to History: A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland
                          10
                          His clergyman father published one of the earliest detailed maps of Ireland.
                          The Irish Times
                          11
                          The English clergyman and the child who gave himself to the Savior.
                          The Child at Home: The Principles of Filial Duty, Familiarly Ill...
                          12
                          We then called the clergyman of the village where the prisoner lived.
                          The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton)
                          13
                          The surprise of seeing the clergyman galvanized into action tipped the scale.
                          Oh, You Tex!
                          14
                          But it had suited the squire to attribute it to the clergyman.
                          John Caldigate
                          15
                          In spite of himself, however, the thought of the young clergyman rankled.
                          Dangerous Days
                          16
                          Nevertheless, the clergyman grabbed his keys, and strode out of the house.
                          The tower, the zoo and the tortoise
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                          United Kingdom
                          Common
                          Ireland
                          Less common
                          United States of America
                          Rare