Cleric (Noun)
Meaning
A clergyman or other person in religious orders.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The bishop appointed a new cleric to lead the local parish after the retirement of the previous one.
- A cleric in simple brown robes tended the flame of a large candelabra on the altar.
- During his ordination, the cleric was anointed with oil and vested with sacred robes.
- She spent several years training as a cleric, learning scripture, ritual, and how to serve the faithful.
- In a long-forgotten manuscript, the chronicler praised a courageous cleric who braved great danger to care for plague victims.