cleric
noun /ˈklerɪk/
/ˈklerɪk/
- a religious leader, especially a Muslim one
- Muslim clerics
- (old-fashioned or formal) a member of the Christian clergyTopics Religion and festivalsc2
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin clericus ‘clergyman’, from Greek klērikos ‘belonging to the Christian clergy’, from klēros ‘lot, heritage’ (Acts 1:26).