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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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Examples for "priest"
1
The high priest said to Houphouët, 'All right, you want eternal power.
The masque of africa: glimpses of african belief
2
The young priest developed a lively student discussion and social action group.
The Irish Times
3
The priest-captain knows immediately upon awakening that something has, indeed, gone wrong.
The Hyperion Cantos
4
The duties of the priest were confined to ministration in the temple.
History of the Conquest of Peru
5
The priest had been greatly interested in the mission of the knight.
In the Court of King Arthur
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
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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