n. Function: noun
one duly ordained to the service of God in the Christian church FF1C; the responsibility of the clergyman to the whole community FF1E;
Synonyms: ||blackcoat, cassock, churchman, cleric, clerical, clerk, ||devil-dodger, divine, ||dominie, ecclesiast, ecclesiastic, ||Holy Joe, minister, parson, preacher, pulpitarian, pulpiteer, pulpiter, reverend, sermonizer, sky pilot
Related Words: evangelist, missionary; chaplain, curate, pastor, vicar; father, priest, shepherd; predicant
Idioms: man of God, man of the cloth