clergyman (n)
reverend (n)
man of the cloth (n)

n09927451

type n
lex_filenum 18
def a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
Outgoing links
Hypernym spiritual leader
Member holonym clergy
Antonym clergyman → layman
Hyponym acolyte; anagnost; archdeacon; chaplain; cleric, churchman, divine, ecclesiastic; curate, minister of religion, minister, parson, pastor, rector; deacon; dominus, dominie, domine, dominee; doorkeeper, ostiary, ostiarius; lector, reader; officiant; ordinand; ordinary; postulator; preacher, preacher man, sermonizer, sermoniser; priest; shepherd; subdeacon; vicar; vicar
Instance Hyponym Beecher, Henry Ward Beecher; Donne, John Donne; Keble, John Keble; King, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr.; Wesley, John Wesley; Wesley, Charles Wesley; Williams, Roger Williams
Incoming links
Member meronym clergy
Hyponym spiritual leader
Hypernym acolyte; anagnost; archdeacon; chaplain; cleric, churchman, divine, ecclesiastic; curate, minister of religion, minister, parson, pastor, rector; deacon; dominus, dominie, domine, dominee; doorkeeper, ostiary, ostiarius; lector, reader; officiant; ordinand; ordinary; postulator; preacher, preacher man, sermonizer, sermoniser; priest; shepherd; subdeacon; vicar; vicar
Antonym layman → clergyman
Instance Hypernym Beecher, Henry Ward Beecher; Donne, John Donne; Keble, John Keble; King, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr.; Wesley, John Wesley; Wesley, Charles Wesley; Williams, Roger Williams

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