"cleric" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈklɛɹɪk/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cleric.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɛɹɪk Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin clēricus, from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós), from κλῆρος (klêros, “a casting lots, drawing lots”). Many officers at Athens obtained their offices by lot, as opposed to election (Liddell and Scott). Doublet of clerk. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*kelh₂-}}, {{bor|en|LL.|clēricus}} Late Latin clēricus, {{der|en|grc|κληρικός}} Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós), {{m|grc|κλῆρος||a casting lots, drawing lots}} κλῆρος (klêros, “a casting lots, drawing lots”), {{doublet|en|clerk}} Doublet of clerk Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} cleric (not comparable)
  1. (now uncommon) Of or pertaining to the clergy. Tags: not-comparable, uncommon Synonyms: clerical
    Sense id: en-cleric-en-adj-U~caiw1I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 40 28

Noun

IPA: /ˈklɛɹɪk/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cleric.wav [Southern-England] Forms: clerics [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛɹɪk Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin clēricus, from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós), from κλῆρος (klêros, “a casting lots, drawing lots”). Many officers at Athens obtained their offices by lot, as opposed to election (Liddell and Scott). Doublet of clerk. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*kelh₂-}}, {{bor|en|LL.|clēricus}} Late Latin clēricus, {{der|en|grc|κληρικός}} Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós), {{m|grc|κλῆρος||a casting lots, drawing lots}} κλῆρος (klêros, “a casting lots, drawing lots”), {{doublet|en|clerk}} Doublet of clerk Head templates: {{en-noun}} cleric (plural clerics)
  1. A member of a clergy. Synonyms: clergyperson Translations (clergy member): قِسِّيس (qissīs) [masculine] (Arabic), كَاهِن (kāhin) [masculine] (Arabic), свяшчэннаслужы́цель (svjaščennaslužýcjelʹ) [masculine] (Belarusian), сьвяшчэннаслужы́цель (sʹvjaščennaslužýcjelʹ) [Taraškievica, masculine] (Belarusian), свяшчэ́ннік (svjaščénnik) [masculine] (Belarusian), сьвяшчэ́ньнiк (sʹvjaščénʹnik) [Taraškievica, masculine] (Belarusian), свята́р (svjatár) [masculine] (Belarusian), сьвята́р (sʹvjatár) [Taraškievica, masculine] (Belarusian), свещенослужи́тел (sveštenoslužítel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), духо́вник (duhóvnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), свеще́ник (svešténik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), clergue [masculine] (Catalan), 牧師 (Chinese Mandarin), 牧师 (mùshī) (Chinese Mandarin), 教士 (jiàoshì) (Chinese Mandarin), свѧщеникъ (svęštenikŭ) [Cyrillic, masculine] (Church Slavic), duchovní [masculine] (Czech), gejstlig [common-gender] (Danish), geestelijke [masculine] (Dutch), pappi (Finnish), prêtre [masculine] (French), ecclésiastique [masculine] (French), clerc [masculine] (French), crego [masculine] (Galician), Kleriker [masculine] (German), κληρικός (klirikós) [masculine] (Greek), klerkur [masculine] (Icelandic), kleriko (Ido), cléireach [masculine] (Irish), chierico [masculine] (Italian), 牧師 (bokushi) (alt: ぼくし) (Japanese), 聖職者 (seishokusha) (alt: せいしょくしゃ) (Japanese), អ្នកបួស (nĕək buəh) (Khmer), 성직자 (seongjikja) (alt: 聖職者) (Korean), sacerdōs [feminine, masculine] (Latin), pontifex [masculine] (Latin), свештенослу́жител (sveštenoslúžitel) [masculine] (Macedonian), ду́ховник (dúhovnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), све́штеник (svéštenik) [masculine] (Macedonian), cleragh [masculine] (Manx), agglishagh [masculine] (Manx), bochilley anmey [masculine] (Manx), geistlig [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), свѧщеникъ (svęščenikŭ) [masculine] (Old East Slavic), свѧщеньникъ (svęščenĭnikŭ) [masculine] (Old East Slavic), duchowny [masculine] (Polish), kleryk [masculine] (Polish), clérigo [masculine] (Portuguese), cleric [masculine] (Romanian), священнослужи́тель (svjaščennoslužítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), свяще́нник (svjaščénnik) [masculine] (Russian), кли́рик (klírik) [masculine] (Russian), духо̀внӣк [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), свѐштенӣк [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), свѐћенӣк [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), duhòvnīk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), svèštenīk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), svèćenīk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), duchovný [masculine] (Slovak), duhovnik [masculine] (Slovene), clérigo [masculine] (Spanish), klerk [common-gender] (Swedish), священнослужи́тель (svjaščennoslužýtelʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), свяще́нник (svjaščénnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), духівни́к (duxivnýk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), клі́рик (klíryk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), mục sư (Vietnamese), clerigwr [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-cleric-en-noun-k5JcoinW Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 40 28 Disambiguation of 'clergy member': 90 10
  2. (roleplaying games) A spellcaster class that receives their spells (especially healing) from their deity. Categories (topical): Role-playing games
    Sense id: en-cleric-en-noun-zqzCj~q9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 40 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: clerical, clerk

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          "word": "성직자"
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          "word": "sacerdōs"
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          "word": "pontifex"
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          "roman": "sveštenoslúžitel",
          "sense": "clergy member",
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          "roman": "dúhovnik",
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          "roman": "svéštenik",
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
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          "lang": "Manx",
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          "lang": "Manx",
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          "sense": "clergy member",
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          "word": "geistlig"
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "cu",
          "lang": "Church Slavic",
          "roman": "svęštenikŭ",
          "sense": "clergy member",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "orv",
          "lang": "Old East Slavic",
          "roman": "svęščenikŭ",
          "sense": "clergy member",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
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        },
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          "word": "duchowny"
        },
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            "masculine"
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        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "clergy member",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "clérigo"
        },
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "clergy member",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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        },
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "svjaščennoslužítelʹ",
          "sense": "clergy member",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "священнослужи́тель"
        },
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "svjaščénnik",
          "sense": "clergy member",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "свяще́нник"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "klírik",
          "sense": "clergy member",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кли́рик"
        },
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          "sense": "clergy member",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "духо̀внӣк"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "clergy member",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "geistlig"
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      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Church Slavic",
      "roman": "svęštenikŭ",
      "sense": "clergy member",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "свѧщеникъ"
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      "roman": "svęščenikŭ",
      "sense": "clergy member",
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      "word": "свѧщеникъ"
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      "code": "orv",
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      "roman": "svęščenĭnikŭ",
      "sense": "clergy member",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "свѧщеньникъ"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "clergy member",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duchowny"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "clergy member",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "kleryk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "clergy member",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clérigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "clergy member",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cleric"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svjaščennoslužítelʹ",
      "sense": "clergy member",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "священнослужи́тель"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "clergy member",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "свяще́нник"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "klírik",
      "sense": "clergy member",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кли́рик"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "clergy member",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "духо̀внӣк"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "clergy member",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "свѐштенӣк"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "clergy member",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "свѐћенӣк"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "clergy member",
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      "word": "duhòvnīk"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "clergy member",
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    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "clergy member",
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        "Roman",
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "clergy member",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "clergy member",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "duhovnik"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "clergy member",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "clérigo"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "clergy member",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "klerk"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "svjaščennoslužýtelʹ",
      "sense": "clergy member",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "священнослужи́тель"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "свяще́нник"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "duxivnýk",
      "sense": "clergy member",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "духівни́к"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "klíryk",
      "sense": "clergy member",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "клі́рик"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "clergy member",
      "word": "mục sư"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "clergy member",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clerigwr"
    }
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    "clergy"
  ],
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}

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      "tags": [
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