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Clerk :: Clerk (n.) A clergyman or ecclesiastic.

Cloth :: Cloth (n.) The distinctive dress of any profession, especially of the clergy; hence, the clerical profession..

Clerisy :: Clerisy (n.) The clergy, or their opinions, as opposed to the laity..

Manse :: Manse (n.) The parsonage; a clergyman's house.

Garb :: Garb (n.) The whole dress or suit of clothes worn by any person, especially when indicating rank or office; as, the garb of a clergyman or a judge..

Clericity :: Clericity (n.) The state of being a clergyman.

Licentiate :: Licentiate (n.) A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy..

Pension :: Pension (n.) A certain sum of money paid to a clergyman in lieu of tithes.

Annates :: Annates (n. pl.) The first year's profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits. In England, they now form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings..

Amice :: Amice (n.) A hood, or cape with a hood, made of lined with gray fur, formerly worn by the clergy; -- written also amess, amyss, and almuce..

Prunello :: Prunello (n.) A smooth woolen stuff, generally black, used for making shoes; a kind of lasting; -- formerly used also for clergymen's gowns..

Collation :: Collation (v. t.) The presentation of a clergyman to a benefice by a bishop, who has it in his own gift..

Elder :: Elder (a.) A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder..

Callot :: Callot (n.) Such a cap, worn by the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church..

Presbytery :: Presbytery (n.) The residence of a priest or clergyman.

Cleric :: Cleric (n.) A clerk, a clergyman..

Ministry :: Ministry (n.) The body of ministers of state; also, the clergy, as a body..

Bema :: Bema (n.) That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel.

Clergyman :: Clergyman (n.) An ordained minister; a man regularly authorized to preach the gospel, and administer its ordinances; in England usually restricted to a minister of the Established Church..

Blackcoat :: Blackcoat (n.) A clergyman; -- familiarly so called, as a soldier is sometimes called a redcoat or a bluecoat..

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