Synonyms of cleric

cleric

noun

ˈkler-ik 

as in priest

a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church

clerics were sharply divided on the issue of whether the war was morally justified

Synonyms & Similar Words

• priest
• preacher
• clergyman
• clerical
• bishop
• minister
• reverend
• deacon
• pastor
• prelate
• ecclesiastic
• clergyperson
• chaplain
• father
• divine
• clerk
• dominie
• priestess
• monk
• pope
• archbishop
• churchman
• missionary
• abbot
• vicar
• rector
• padre
• presbyter
• diocesan
• dean
• curé
• abbé
• parson
• monsignor
• friar
• confessor
• evangelist
• deaconess
• religious
• clergywoman
• curate
• archpriest
• shepherd
• Holy Joe
• revivalist
• mendicant
• missioner
• monastic
• sky pilot
• oblate
• high priestess
• high priest
• missionizer

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• layman
• secular
• layperson
• lay reader
• lector

Examples of cleric in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Although the nominal guest of honor is a visiting Saudi cleric, the two hijackers are carefully introduced to the other guests and are seemingly at the center of the proceedings. —Tim Golden, ProPublica, 11 Sep. 2024

And my father’s dad was Canon Elliott, who was a very famous cleric in the war. —Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024

What Israel does next will be pivotal The Shiite cleric was born in 1964 in the southern Lebanese village of Deir Qanoun En Nahr. —Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024

The pope and the mosque's top cleric, Grand Imam Nasaruddin Umar, signed a joint declaration urging Catholics and Muslims to encourage their leaders to fight climate change and religious intolerance. —Peter Weber, theweek, 5 Sep. 2024