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clergyperson

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A cleric; especially, an ordained (male or female) Christian minister.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Holonyms: clergy; see also Thesaurus:clergy

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blackcoat, clerical, clergymember, cleric, clergyperson

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From clergy + person.

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: свяшчэннаслужы́цель (svjaščennaslužýcjelʹ) — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • Belarusian: свяшчэннаслужы́целька (svjaščennaslužýcjelʹka) — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • Bulgarian: свещенослужи́тел (sveštenoslužítel) — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • Bulgarian: свещенослужи́телка (sveštenoslužítelka) — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 牧師 /牧师 (mùshī) — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • Czech: duchovní — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • Dutch: geestelijke — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • Esperanto: pastro — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • Finnish: pappi — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • French: prêtre — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • French: prêtresse — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • French: clerc — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • French: clergesse — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • French: cléresse — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • German: Pfarrer — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • German: Pfarrerin — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • German: Pastor — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • German: Pastorin — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • German: Kleriker — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • German: Klerikerin — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • German: Geistlicher — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • German: Geistliche — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • German: Seelsorger — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • German: Seelsorgerin — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • German: Seelenhirt — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • German: Seelenhirte — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • German: Seelenhirtin — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • Italian: chierico — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • Italian: ecclesiastico — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • Japanese: 聖職者 (seishokusha) — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • Korean: 성직자 (seongjikja) — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • Polish: osoba duchowna — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • Portuguese: clérigo — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • Portuguese: clériga — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • Romanian: față bisericească — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • Russian: священнослужи́тель (svjaščennoslužítelʹ) — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • Russian: священнослужи́тельница (svjaščennoslužítelʹnica) — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • Serbo-Croatian: духо̀внӣк — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • Serbo-Croatian: ду̀хо̄вница — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • Serbo-Croatian: duhòvnīk — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • Serbo-Croatian: dùhōvnica — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • Slovak: duchovný — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • Lower Sorbian: faraŕ — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • Lower Sorbian: fararka — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • Spanish: clérigo — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • Spanish: clériga — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • Ukrainian: священнослужи́тель (svjaščennoslužýtelʹ) — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • Ukrainian: священнослужи́телька (svjaščennoslužýtelʹka) — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • Volapük: kultan — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • Volapük: pädan — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy
  • Volapük: pastan — ordained (male or female) Christian minister, male or female member of the clergy