"churchman" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃmən/ [UK] Forms: churchmen [plural]
Etymology: From church + man. Compare kirkman and German Kirchmann. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|church|man}} church + man, {{m|en|kirkman}} kirkman, {{cog|de|Kirchmann}} German Kirchmann Head templates: {{en-noun|churchmen}} churchman (plural churchmen)
  1. (obsolete) A churchwarden. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Religion
    Sense id: en-churchman-en-noun-GI648IDK Disambiguation of Religion: 53 20 27
  2. A person (originally a man) of authority in a Christian religious organization (a church). Translations (a person of authority in a religious organization; a cleric): איש-כנסיה (ysh-knesia) [masculine] (Hebrew), pap (Hungarian), lelkész (Hungarian), egyházi ember (Hungarian), eaglaiseach [masculine] (Irish), свештенослу́жител (sveštenoslúžitel) [masculine] (Macedonian), agglishagh [masculine] (Manx), saggyrt [masculine] (Manx), церко́вник (cerkóvnik) [masculine] (Russian), священнослужи́тель (svjaščennoslužítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-churchman-en-noun-KHfu8NIl Disambiguation of 'a person of authority in a religious organization; a cleric': 3 89 7
  3. A member or adherent of an established church, especially the Church of England.
    Sense id: en-churchman-en-noun-5AdHW~hX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 6 90 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 4 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: High Churchman, Low Churchman

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