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/ˈklɝd͡ʒimən/ · noun
A male member of a clergy; especially, an ordained (male) Christian minister..
Holonym: clergy
I think if post commanders of the unchaplained posts could employ acceptable clergymen […] then the needs might be met.
The king experienced his first attack in autumn 1788, and as his condition worsened and the physicians-in-ordinary proved unable to cope or cure, the Reverend Dr Francis Willis (1717–1807), a clergyman doctor who ran a madhouse in Lincolnshire, was called in.
Use clergyman when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Clergyman means A male member of a clergy; especially, an ordained (male) Christian minister..
Common synonyms include man of the cloth, reverend.
Possible antonyms include layperson, layman.
Holonym: clergy
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