clergyman

CEFRB2

/ˈklɝd͡ʒimən/

noun

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In plain English

01
noun
A man who is a religious leader.
02
noun
Extra detail
A male member of a clergy; especially, an ordained (male) Christian minister.

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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In context

Holonym: clergy
I think if post commanders of the unchaplained posts could employ acceptable clergymen […] then the needs might be met.

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I think if post commanders of the unchaplained posts could employ acceptable clergymen […] then the needs might be met.
1883, United States. War Department, Annual Reports of the War Department, volume 1, page 128
The king experienced his first attack in autumn 1788, and as his condition worsened and the physicians-in-ordinary proved unable to cope or cure, the Reverend Dr Francis Willis (1717–1807), a clergyman doctor who ran a madhouse in Lincolnshire, was called in.
1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 263

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From clergy + -man.