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# clergyman

«clergyman» in Mova's school dictionary: **A man who leads religious services, such as a priest…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a clergyman, clergymen); also clergywoman, member of the clergy

### meaning for a pupil

A man who leads religious services, such as a priest, minister, vicar or rabbi. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clergyman/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In history and stories: the village clergyman, a clergyman at a wedding or funeral. In everyday life: «member of the clergy» is the neutral phrase. Related: vicar, priest, pastor, minister.

### examples

- The clergyman led the wedding service. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clergyman/#x1)
- A clergyman visited the sick in hospital. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clergyman/#x2)
- In the story, the clergyman knew every family in the village. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clergyman/#x3)
- The clergyman rang the church bell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clergyman/#x4)
- My great-uncle was a clergyman in Ireland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clergyman/#x5)
- The clergyman spoke kindly at the funeral. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clergyman/#x6)
- The old clergyman, too, did not come back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clergyman/#x7)

### note

Plural: clergymen. The group of all religious leaders is «the clergy» (uncountable). Today many people say «member of the clergy» or «minister» to include women.

### In the corpora

- ["A man of the cloth" means a priest or clergyman, someone whose job is to lead a church.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/32-religion-fate-failure/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «clergyman» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clergyman/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.