Synonyms for cleric


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kler-ik
Phonetic Transcription : ˈklɛr ɪk

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Définition of cleric

Origin :
  • 1620s (also in early use as an adjective), from Church Latin clericus "clergyman, priest," noun use of adjective meaning "priestly, belonging to the clerus;" from Ecclesiastical Greek klerikos "pertaining to an inheritance," but in Greek Christian jargon by 2c., "of the clergy, belonging to the clergy," as opposed to the laity; from kleros "a lot, allotment; piece of land; heritage, inheritance," originally "a shard or wood chip used in casting lots," related to klan "to break" (see clastic).
  • Kleros was used by early Greek Christians for matters relating to ministry, based on Deut. xviii:2 reference to Levites as temple assistants: "Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the Lord is their inheritance," kleros being used as a translation of Hebrew nahalah "inheritance, lot." Or else it is from the use of the word in Acts i:17. A word taken up in English after clerk (n.) shifted to its modern meaning.
  • noun preacher
Example sentences :
  • He spoke proudly, defiantly, looking the cleric full in the face.
  • Extract from : « People of Position » by Stanley Portal Hyatt
  • It matters not to us whom Cleric follows, so long as we may follow Cleric!
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 » by Various
  • Sarka dimmed the light of Cleric, who instantly made answer.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 » by Various
  • "Go on with your story," said M'Iver, sharply, to the cleric.
  • Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro
  • "I am obliged to you for that, kinsman," said his lordship in Gaelic, with a by-your-leave to the cleric.
  • Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro
  • A cleric who married flinched from the standard of his calling, in the view of the church.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • Cleric had ordered it for me when he was sending for books from abroad.
  • Extract from : « My Antonia » by Willa Cather
  • Cleric said he thought Virgil, when he was dying at Brindisi, must have remembered that passage.
  • Extract from : « My Antonia » by Willa Cather
  • Cleric wrote my grandfather that he would like to take me East with him.
  • Extract from : « My Antonia » by Willa Cather
  • It was a reputable sort of a book this, and fathered by a respected Oxford cleric.
  • Extract from : « The Message » by Alec John Dawson

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