cleric

[ kler-ik ]
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noun
  1. a member of the clergy.

  2. a member of a clerical party.

  1. clerics, (used with a plural verb) half-sized or small-sized reading glasses worn on the nose, usually rimless or with a thin metal frame.

adjective
  1. pertaining to the clergy; clerical.

Origin of cleric

1
1615–25; <Late Latin clēricus priest <Greek klērikós, equivalent to klêr(os) lot, allotment + -ikos-ic

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British Dictionary definitions for cleric

cleric

/ (ˈklɛrɪk) /


noun
  1. a member of the clergy

Origin of cleric

1
C17: from Church Latin clēricus priest, clerk

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