CLERGYMAN

n. 1 ecclesiastic, churchman, cleric, reverend, divine, man of the cloth, holy man, priest, minister, chaplain, father, rabbi, pastor, parson, rector, vicar, dean, canon, presbyter, prebendary or prebend, deacon, sexton, sacristan, guru, ayatollah, imam In his black frock coat he looked like a clergyman 2 monk, friar, brother, monastic, religious A clergyman was responsible for his religious education 3 preacher, gospeller, evangelist, revivalist, missionary, sermonizer She was moved by the clergyman's sermon