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n. (person) | 1. clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend | a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church. |
| ~ clergy | in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity). |
| ~ spiritual leader | a leader in religious or sacred affairs. |
| ~ acolyte | someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches. |
| ~ anagnost | a cleric in the minor orders of the Eastern Orthodox Church who reads the lessons aloud in the liturgy (analogous to the lector in the Roman Catholic Church). |
| ~ archdeacon | (Anglican Church) an ecclesiastical dignitary usually ranking just below a bishop. |
| ~ chaplain | a clergyman ministering to some institution. |
| ~ churchman, cleric, ecclesiastic, divine | a clergyman or other person in religious orders. |
| ~ curate, minister, minister of religion, parson, pastor, rector | a person authorized to conduct religious worship.; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches" |
| ~ deacon | a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders. |
| ~ domine, dominee, dominie, dominus | a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson. |
| ~ ostiarius, ostiary, doorkeeper | the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church. |
| ~ lector, reader | someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church. |
| ~ officiant | a clergyman who officiates at a religious ceremony or service. |
| ~ ordinand | a person being ordained. |
| ~ ordinary | a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death. |
| ~ postulator | (Roman Catholic Church) someone who proposes or pleads for a candidate for beatification or canonization. |
| ~ preacher, preacher man, sermoniser, sermonizer | someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel. |
| ~ priest | a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders. |
| ~ shepherd | a clergyman who watches over a group of people. |
| ~ subdeacon | a clergyman an order below deacon; one of the Holy Orders in the unreformed western Christian church and the eastern Catholic Churches but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church. |
| ~ vicar | (Church of England) a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish. |
| ~ vicar | (Episcopal Church) a clergyman in charge of a chapel. |
| ~ beecher, henry ward beecher | United States clergyman who was a leader for the abolition of slavery (1813-1887). |
| ~ donne, john donne | English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631). |
| ~ john keble, keble | English clergyman who (with John Henry Newman and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford movement (1792-1866). |
| ~ martin luther king, martin luther king jr., king | United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968). |
| ~ john wesley, wesley | English clergyman and founder of Methodism (1703-1791). |
| ~ charles wesley, wesley | English clergyman and brother of John Wesley who wrote many hymns (1707-1788). |
| ~ roger williams, williams | English clergyman and colonist who was expelled from Massachusetts for criticizing Puritanism; he founded Providence in 1636 and obtained a royal charter for Rhode Island in 1663 (1603-1683). |
n. (communication) | 2. reverend | a title of respect for a clergyman. |
| ~ form of address, title of respect, title | an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General'.; "the professor didn't like his friends to use his formal title" |
adj. | 3. reverend, sublime | worthy of adoration or reverence. |
| ~ sacred | concerned with religion or religious purposes.; "sacred texts"; "sacred rites"; "sacred music" |
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