cleric
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cleric (plural clerics)
- A member of a clergy.
- Synonyms: clergymember, clergyperson
- Hyponyms: clergyman, clergywoman; (Christian) bishop, cardinal, churchman, curate, deacon, ecclesiastic, minister, parson, pastor, pope, preacher, prelate, presbyter, priest, rector, reverend, vicar; (Jewish) rabbi, (Muslim) imam, caliph, qadi, mufti, mullah, muezzin
- Holonym: clergy
- (roleplaying games) A spellcaster class that receives their spells (especially healing) from their deity.
Derived terms
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]- ⇒ Welsh: clerigwr
Translations
[edit]clergy member
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Adjective
[edit]cleric (not comparable)
References
[edit]- “cleric, adj. and n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2022.
Further reading
[edit]- “cleric”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “cleric”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “cleric”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]cleric m (plural clerici)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | cleric | clericul | clerici | clericii | |
genitive-dative | cleric | clericului | clerici | clericilor | |
vocative | clericule | clericilor |
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