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noun
- 1. a priest or religious leader, especially a Christian or Muslim one.
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(Definition of cleric from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) cleric | American Dictionary. noun [ C ] us / ˈkler·ɪk / Add to word list. a religious leader; a member of the clergy: The committee was composed of Jewish, Catholic, Protestant, and Muslim clerics.
: a member of the clergy. Synonyms. clergyperson. clerical. clerk. deacon. divine. dominie. ecclesiastic. minister. preacher. priest. reverend. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of cleric in a Sentence. clerics were sharply divided on the issue of whether the war was morally justified.
Cleric definition: a member of the clergy.. See examples of CLERIC used in a sentence.
A religious official or member of the clergy is also known as a cleric. The priest in an Episcopal church is a cleric, and so is a Muslim imam. The term cleric is less common than clergyman and clergywoman, but when you're talking about a Christian or Muslim religious leader, it's a great word to use.
cleric. (klerɪk ) Word forms: plural clerics. countable noun. A cleric is a member of the clergy. His grandfather was a Muslim cleric. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word Frequency.
cleric definition: a member of the clergy. Learn more.
Definition of cleric noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023 How to use cleric in a sentence Three years ago, Republican Guard soldiers came into the hills and killed a cleric accused of hosting Jundullah fighters.
cler•ic. (ˈklɛr ɪk) n. 1. a member of the clergy. 2. clerics, ( used with a pl. v.) small-sized reading glasses, usu. rimless or with a thin metal frame. adj. 3. pertaining to the clergy; clerical. [1615–25; < Late Latin clēricus priest < Greek klērikós = klêr (os) lot, allotment + -ikos -ic]
Origin of Cleric. From Latin clēricus, from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikos), from κλῆρος (klēros, “a casting lots, drawing lots”), (Europe; many officers at Athens obtained their offices by lot, as opposed to election [ Liddell and Scott ]), from Proto-Indo-European *kald-, *klād- (“timber, log”), from Proto-Indo ...
