Definition of cleric

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

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Lewd :: Lewd (superl.) Not clerical; laic; laical; hence, unlearned; simple..
Presbyter :: Presbyter (n.) A member of a presbytery whether lay or clerical.
Armozine :: Armozine (n.) A thick plain silk, generally black, and used for clerical..
Cleric :: Cleric (a.) Same as Clerical.
Clergial :: Clergial (a.) Learned; erudite; clerical.
Error :: Error (n.) A wandering or deviation from the right course or standard; irregularity; mistake; inaccuracy; something made wrong or left wrong; as, an error in writing or in printing; a clerical error..
Worldly :: Worldly (a.) Lay, as opposed to clerical..
Desk :: Desk (n.) A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached; also (esp. in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for the clerical profession..
Clericity :: Clericity (n.) The state of being a clergyman.
Clerical :: Clerical (a.) Of or relating to a clerk or copyist, or to writing..
Apostate :: Apostate (n.) One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession..
Secular :: Secular (a.) Belonging to the laity; lay; not clerical.
Civilian :: Civilian (n.) One whose pursuits are those of civil life, not military or clerical..
Clergical :: Clergical (a.) Of or pertaining to the clergy; clerical; clerkily; learned.
Tonsure :: Tonsure (n.) The first ceremony used for devoting a person to the service of God and the church; the first degree of the clericate, given by a bishop, abbot, or cardinal priest, consisting in cutting off the hair from a circular space at the back of the head, with prayers and benedictions; hence, entrance or admission into minor orders..
Clerical :: Clerical (a.) Of or pertaining to the clergy; suitable for the clergy.
Band :: Band (v. t.) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress..
Crown :: Crown (n.) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure..
Cleric :: Cleric (n.) A clerk, a clergyman..
Parsonical :: Parsonical (a.) Of or pertaining to a parson; clerical.
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