"churchman" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃmən/ [UK] Forms: churchmen [plural]
Etymology: From church + man. Compare kirkman and German Kirchmann. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|church|man}} church + man, {{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 90 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 9 85 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 3 95 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 3 94 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 3 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 24 8 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 12 27 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 18 7 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 15 28 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 14 8 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 7 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: churchmanly, churchmanship, High Churchman, Low Churchman

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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