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cleric
[ kler-ik ]
noun
- a member of the clergy.
- a member of a clerical party.
- 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
- pertaining to the clergy; clerical.
cleric
/ ˈklɛrɪk /
noun
- a member of the clergy
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of cleric1
Example Sentences
Three years ago, Republican Guard soldiers came into the hills and killed a cleric accused of hosting Jundullah fighters.
But he seemed on first encounter to be very gray, more a forgettable clerk than a firebrand cleric.
In 1483 the princes were publicly declared illegitimate by a cleric.
And the third was Mullah Adahdad, 45, an unarmed cleric who was attacked with a grenade and gunned down by several soldiers.
Coming from the Jordanian cleric, that condemnation is especially powerful.
His friends now wondered at the cleric and very official-looking nature of his position.
A cleric declares that he was at heart not a bad child but had been harmed by bad examples.
They send a messenger to the cleric, that water be brought to them in the field.
In a passion, he cursed the cleric, crying: 'As the minister of the devil, thou canst only guide to hell!
"Paint the soul, never mind the legs and arms," recommended the cleric in Fra Lippo Lippi.
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