Entry Word: clergyman

Function: noun

Meaning: a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church <a special memorial service that attracted clergymen from all over the city>

Synonyms cleric, deacon, divine, dominie, ecclesiastic, father, minister, padre, parson, preacher, priest, reverend

Related Words evangelist, missionary; deaconess, priestess; dean, pastor, rector, vicar; chaplain, confessor; canon, curate; friar, mendicant, monastic, monk, religious

Antonyms layman