clergyman

Definition

A male member of a clergy; especially, an ordained (male) Christian minister.

Etymology

From clergy + -man.

Example Sentences

• "Holonym: clergy"
• "I think if post commanders of the unchaplained posts could employ acceptable clergymen […] then the needs might be met."
• "The king experienced his first attack in autumn 1788, and as his condition worsened and the physicians-in-ordinary proved unable to cope or cure, the Reverend Dr Francis Willis (1717–1807), a clergyman doctor who ran a madhouse in Lincolnshire, was called in."