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# cleric

«cleric» in Mova's school dictionary: **a religious leader, such as a priest, minister, rabbi or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a cleric, clerics)

### meaning for a pupil

A cleric is a religious leader, such as a priest, minister, rabbi or imam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleric/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In news, history and religious education, «cleric» is a general word for a religious leader of any faith. In fantasy games a cleric is a holy character who heals. It is more formal than «priest».

### examples

- A senior cleric led the prayers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleric/#x1)
- The cleric spoke about peace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleric/#x2)
- Clerics from many religions met together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleric/#x3)
- In the game, my cleric heals the team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleric/#x4)
- The old cleric lived next to the church. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleric/#x5)
- Religious clerics wear special clothes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleric/#x6)
- The cleric nodded with savage emphasis. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleric/#x7)

### note

Related to «clergy» (the group of clerics) and «clerical». Do not confuse with «clerk» (an office worker), though both words come from the same root.

### Trees and pragmatics

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