churchman

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church·man /ˈtʃɜːtʃmən $ ˈtʃɜːrtʃ-/ noun (plural churchmen /-mən/) [countable] RRCa priest 牧师；神职人员 SYN clergyman

Examples from the Corpus

churchman• The last major drainage operation in the medieval period, however, was instigated by a churchman.• Markham's certainly not a churchman, though of course the Cumbermounds are the leading lay family in the county.• From a clerical family background, he also became a leading lay Anglican churchman.• That famous churchman Arnold of Rugby put a stamp upon independent education which helped to produce this consequence.• He was a high churchman for whom the sacrament of holy communion was the supreme moment of worship.• He withstood the intrusion upon the Honiton corporation by the high churchman Sir Thomas Putt.• A worthy churchman more addicted to hunting than to academics.

church·man nounChineseSyllable

a priest Corpus

churchman
church‧man /ˈtʃɜːtʃmən $ ˈtʃɜːrtʃ-/