clergyman

I

(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. cleric, pastor, parson, preacher; see minister 1 , priest , rabbi .

II

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

ecclesiastic, minister, priest, rabbi, preacher, canon, cleric, *dominie, reverend, curate, father, pastor, parson, prelate, chaplain, bishop, cardinal, rector, vicar, man of the cloth, deacon, evangelist, theologian, shepherd, pontiff, man/woman of God. Ambassadors for Christ.''—Bible. A human Sunday.''—Samuel Butler.

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• abbey’s superior female: abbess

• abbey’s superior male: abbot

• assists priest or minister with candles, offerings: acolyte, altar boy

• bishop-assisting priest who oversees a territory: archdeacon

• bishop, highest ranking: archbishop cape, short, worn by pope, cardinal and

• bishop: mozzetta

• cathedral superior: dean

• collar worn by priest: clerical collar

• council of: synod

• deacon’s wide-sleeved tunic worn over alb: dalmatic

• England, parish priest in: vicar

• garment, general term: vestment

• hat, squarish, with three or four projections, Roman Catholic: biretta

• hat worn by bishop: miter

• high-ranking minister who oversees a diocese: bishop

• Hindu’s spiritual teacher: guru

• house of: rectory, parsonage, manse

• Jewish minister: rabbi

• long open cloak worn by bishop: cope

• Lutheran, Baptist or Pentecostal minister: pastor

• monk/friar’s robe: frock

• mosque official who calls faithful to prayer from minaret: muezzin

• mosque’s prayer leader: imam

• Muslim authority: ayatollah

• pope: pontiff

• pope’s assistant, second-highest in Catholic hierarchy: cardinal

• pope’s office: papacy

• pope’s palace home: Vatican

• robe, long and white, worn by priest for Mass: alb

• Roman Catholic’s highest-ranking: pope

• salary: prebend

• school for: seminary

• sleeveless mantle worn by priest at communion: chasuble

• square cloth worn by priest over shoulders: amice

• strip one of power due to unethical behavior: defrock

• synagogue’s prayer leader/singer: cantor

• vestment, full-length, usually black, worn by priest: cassock

• waist cord of alb: cincture

• white, wide-sleeved, knee or hip-length garment: surplice

see church, religion

III

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun A person ordained for service in a Christian church: churchman, churchwoman, clergy-woman, cleric, clerical, clerk, divine, ecclesiastic, minister, parson, preacher. Informal: reverend. See RELIGION.