churchman

church·man

C0348700 (chûrch′mən)n.1. A man who is a cleric.2. A man who is a member of a church.

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church′man·ly adj.church′man·ship′ n.

churchman

(ˈtʃɜːtʃmən) n, pl -men1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a clergyman2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a male practising member of a church ˈchurchmanly adj ˈchurchmanˌship n

church•man

(ˈtʃɜrtʃ mən)

n., pl. -men. 1. clergyman. 2. a church member. [1350–1400]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

churchman - a clergyman or other person in religious orderscleric, ecclesiastic, divineclergyman, man of the cloth, reverend - a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Churchordainer - a cleric who ordains; a cleric who admits someone to holy orderspardoner - a medieval cleric who raised money for the church by selling papal indulgencespluralist - a cleric who holds more than one benefice at a time

churchman

nounA person ordained for service in a Christian church:churchwoman, clergyman, clergywoman, cleric, clerical, clerk, divine, ecclesiastic, minister, parson, preacher.Informal: reverend.

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