Cleric

Synonyms for "cleric" (40 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

1 entries

Related terms

3 entries

at location

1 entries

derived

6 entries

is a

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related to

4 entries

Translations

68 translations across 38 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • قِسِّيس noun (clergy member)
  • كَاهِن noun (clergy member)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • свята́р noun (clergy member)
  • свяшчэ́ннік noun (clergy member)
  • свяшчэннаслужы́цель noun (clergy member)
  • сьвята́р noun (clergy member)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • духо́вник noun (clergy member)
  • свеще́ник noun (clergy member)
  • свещенослужи́тел noun (clergy member)

Catalan

1 entries
  • clergue noun (clergy member)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 教士 noun (clergy member)
  • 牧師 /牧师 noun (clergy member)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • свѧщеникъ noun (clergy member)

Czech

1 entries
  • duchovní noun (clergy member)

Danish

1 entries
  • gejstlig noun (clergy member)

Dutch

2 entries
  • clericus noun (clergy member)
  • geestelijke noun (clergy member)

Finnish

1 entries
  • pappi noun (clergy member)

French

3 entries
  • clerc noun (clergy member)
  • ecclésiastique noun (clergy member)
  • prêtre noun (clergy member)

Galician

1 entries
  • crego noun (clergy member)

German

1 entries
  • Kleriker noun (clergy member)

Greek

1 entries
  • κληρικός noun (clergy member)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • klerkur noun (clergy member)

Ido

1 entries
  • kleriko noun (clergy member)

Irish

1 entries
  • cléireach noun (clergy member)

Italian

1 entries
  • chierico noun (clergy member)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 牧師 noun (clergy member)
  • 聖職者 noun (clergy member)

Khmer

1 entries
  • អ្នកបួស noun (clergy member)

Korean

1 entries
  • 성직자 noun (clergy member)

Latin

2 entries
  • pontifex noun (clergy member)
  • sacerdōs noun (clergy member)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • ду́ховник noun (clergy member)
  • све́штеник noun (clergy member)
  • свештенослу́жител noun (clergy member)

Manx

3 entries
  • agglishagh noun (clergy member)
  • bochilley anmey noun (clergy member)
  • cleragh noun (clergy member)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • geistlig noun (clergy member)

Old East Slavic

2 entries
  • свѧщеникъ noun (clergy member)
  • свѧщеньникъ noun (clergy member)

Polish

2 entries
  • duchowny noun (clergy member)
  • kleryk noun (clergy member)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • clérigo noun (clergy member)

Romanian

1 entries
  • cleric noun (clergy member)

Russian

3 entries
  • кли́рик noun (clergy member)
  • свяще́нник noun (clergy member)
  • священнослужи́тель noun (clergy member)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • duhòvnīk noun (clergy member)
  • svèćenīk noun (clergy member)
  • svèštenīk noun (clergy member)
  • духо̀внӣк noun (clergy member)

Slovak

1 entries
  • duchovný noun (clergy member)

Slovene

1 entries
  • duhovnik noun (clergy member)

Spanish

1 entries
  • clérigo noun (clergy member)

Swedish

1 entries
  • klerk noun (clergy member)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • духівни́к noun (clergy member)
  • клі́рик noun (clergy member)
  • свяще́нник noun (clergy member)
  • священнослужи́тель noun (clergy member)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • mục sư noun (clergy member)

Welsh

1 entries
  • clerigwr noun (clergy member)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The eccentric Vatican cleric specializes in demonic possessions.

Source: tatoeba (8295569)

Together, a bard, a wizard, a cleric, a barbarian and a monk comprise the party.

Source: tatoeba (8988087)

Tom is a cleric.

Source: tatoeba (11991078)

Holonym: clergy

Source: wiktionary

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