Synonyms for cleric
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kler-ik |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈklɛr ɪk |
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Définition of cleric
Origin :- 1620s (also in early use as an adjective), from Church Latin clericus "clergyman, priest," noun use of adjective meaning "priestly, belonging to the clerus;" from Ecclesiastical Greek klerikos "pertaining to an inheritance," but in Greek Christian jargon by 2c., "of the clergy, belonging to the clergy," as opposed to the laity; from kleros "a lot, allotment; piece of land; heritage, inheritance," originally "a shard or wood chip used in casting lots," related to klan "to break" (see clastic).
- Kleros was used by early Greek Christians for matters relating to ministry, based on Deut. xviii:2 reference to Levites as temple assistants: "Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the Lord is their inheritance," kleros being used as a translation of Hebrew nahalah "inheritance, lot." Or else it is from the use of the word in Acts i:17. A word taken up in English after clerk (n.) shifted to its modern meaning.
- noun preacher
- He spoke proudly, defiantly, looking the cleric full in the face.
- Extract from : « People of Position » by Stanley Portal Hyatt
- It matters not to us whom Cleric follows, so long as we may follow Cleric!
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 » by Various
- Sarka dimmed the light of Cleric, who instantly made answer.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 » by Various
- "Go on with your story," said M'Iver, sharply, to the cleric.
- Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro
- "I am obliged to you for that, kinsman," said his lordship in Gaelic, with a by-your-leave to the cleric.
- Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro
- A cleric who married flinched from the standard of his calling, in the view of the church.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- Cleric had ordered it for me when he was sending for books from abroad.
- Extract from : « My Antonia » by Willa Cather
- Cleric said he thought Virgil, when he was dying at Brindisi, must have remembered that passage.
- Extract from : « My Antonia » by Willa Cather
- Cleric wrote my grandfather that he would like to take me East with him.
- Extract from : « My Antonia » by Willa Cather
- It was a reputable sort of a book this, and fathered by a respected Oxford cleric.
- Extract from : « The Message » by Alec John Dawson
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