cleric

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cler·ic /ˈklerɪk/ ●○○ noun [countable]  RRCa member of the clergy 神职人员，牧师，教士

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cleric• The average age in the new chamber will be 15 years younger than in the outgoing body, with many fewer clerics.• Also patron of clerics, diplomats, messengers, postal workers, radio workers, telecommunications workers, and television workers.• They say senior clerics conspired with high-ranking intelligence officials to carry out the murders.• But her smile died as the cleric went on.• As for the clerics, they get five minutes every morning on the radio while most people are asleep.• Sometimes the clerics among them met separately from the laymen.• The two clerics brightened up, and accepted a whisky each.Origin cleric (1600-1700) Late Latin clericus; → CLERK1

cler·ic nounChineseSyllable  

clergy Corpus the a member of

cleric
cler‧ic /ˈklerɪk/ noun [countable]a member of the clergy

cler·icBrE /ˈklerɪk/ 🔊NAmE /ˈklerɪk/ 🔊 noun(old-fashioned or formal) a member of the clergy 圣职人员；神职人员a religious leader in any religion 宗教领袖；宗教领导人◆Muslim clerics穆斯林教职人员