clergyman
/ˈkləːdʒɪmən
/noun (plural clergymen)
A male priest, minister, or religious leader, especially a Christian one.The reverand has been for a quarter of a century a clergyman in Hampshire....
- If talking to a friend or relative doesn't help, or is not an option, a clergyman may be helpful.
- Having divorced his mentally unstable wife, he finds that his interest in the life of the clergyman has waned.
Synonyms
priest, churchman, churchwoman, man/woman of the cloth, man/woman of God, cleric, minister, preacher, chaplain, father;
ecclesiastic, divine, theologian;
Christianity bishop, pastor, vicar, rector, parson, (assistant) curate, deacon, deaconess;
Judaism rabbi;
Islam imam;
Scottish kirkman;
French abbé, curé;
North American dominie
informal reverend, padre, Holy Joe, sky pilot
Australian informal josser
informal, derogatory Bible-basher, God-botherer
Rhymes
- emergency
- emergency cord
- emergency exit
- emergency medical technician
- emergency room
- emergency services
- emergent
- emergi-center
- emergicenter
- emergicentre
- emerita
- emeritus
- radioiodine
- radioise
- radioisotope
- radioisotopic
- radioisotopically
- radioize
- radio jock
- radio jockey
- radiolabel
- radiolabelled
- radioland
- radiolaria
- radiolarian