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Cleric   /klˈɛrɪk/   Listen
Cleric

noun
1.
A clergyman or other person in religious orders.  Synonyms: churchman, divine, ecclesiastic.





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"Cleric" Quotes from Famous Books



... to a conventional ideal of clericalism without discovery and loss of the esteem and reverence of men and women of sense. The pew is very quick to see through disguises, be they worn never so skilfully. No voice rings true in a man's throat excepting his own. The people are sick of the cleric in the pulpit; they want the man. They had rather hear you when you are planned than any one, or anything, you may try ...
— The Message and the Man: - Some Essentials of Effective Preaching • J. Dodd Jackson


Words linked to "Cleric" :   pluralist, reverend, St. Bruno, Saint Bruno, clergyman, ordainer, pardoner, Bruno, man of the cloth, a Kempis, Thomas a Kempis


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