cleric

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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈklɛɹɪk/
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• Australian: /ˈkleɹɪk/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈkleɹək/
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• rhymes with -ɛɹɪk
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• CMU ARPABET: K L EH1 R IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Late Latin clēricus, from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós), from κλῆρος (klêros, “a casting lots, drawing lots”). Many officers at Athens obtained their offices by lot, as opposed to election (Liddell and Scott). Doublet of clerk.

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: قِسِّيس (qissīs) — clergy member
• Arabic: كَاهِن (kāhin) — clergy member
• Belarusian: свяшчэннаслужы́цель (svjaščennaslužýcjelʹ) — clergy member
• Belarusian: сьвяшчэннаслужы́цель (sʹvjaščennaslužýcjelʹ) — clergy member
• Belarusian: свяшчэ́ннік (svjaščénnik) — clergy member
• Belarusian: сьвяшчэ́ньнiк (sʹvjaščénʹnik) — clergy member
• Belarusian: свята́р (svjatár) — clergy member
• Belarusian: сьвята́р (sʹvjatár) — clergy member
• Bulgarian: свещенослужи́тел (sveštenoslužítel) — clergy member
• Bulgarian: духо́вник (duhóvnik) — clergy member
• Bulgarian: свеще́ник (svešténik) — clergy member
• Catalan: clergue — clergy member
• Chinese Mandarin: 牧師 /牧师 (mùshī) — clergy member
• Chinese Mandarin: 教士 (jiàoshì) — clergy member
• Czech: duchovní — clergy member
• Danish: gejstlig — clergy member
• Dutch: geestelijke — clergy member
• Dutch: clericus — clergy member
• Finnish: pappi — clergy member
• French: prêtre — clergy member
• French: ecclésiastique — clergy member
• French: clerc — clergy member
• Galician: crego — clergy member
• German: Kleriker — clergy member
• Greek: κληρικός (klirikós) — clergy member
• Icelandic: klerkur — clergy member
• Ido: kleriko — clergy member
• Irish: cléireach — clergy member
• Italian: chierico — clergy member
• Japanese: 牧師 (bokushi) — clergy member
• Japanese: 聖職者 (seishokusha) — clergy member
• Khmer: អ្នកបួស (nĕək buəh) — clergy member
• Korean: 성직자 (seongjikja) — clergy member
• Latin: sacerdōs — clergy member
• Latin: pontifex — clergy member
• Macedonian: свештенослу́жител (sveštenoslúžitel) — clergy member
• Macedonian: ду́ховник (dúhovnik) — clergy member
• Macedonian: све́штеник (svéštenik) — clergy member
• Manx: cleragh — clergy member
• Manx: agglishagh — clergy member
• Manx: bochilley anmey — clergy member
• Norwegian Bokmål: geistlig — clergy member
• Church Slavic: свѧщеникъ (svęštenikŭ) — clergy member
• Old East Slavic: свѧщеникъ (svęščenikŭ) — clergy member
• Old East Slavic: свѧщеньникъ (svęščenĭnikŭ) — clergy member
• Polish: duchowny — clergy member
• Polish: kleryk — clergy member
• Portuguese: clérigo — clergy member
• Romanian: cleric — clergy member
• Russian: священнослужи́тель (svjaščennoslužítelʹ) — clergy member
• Russian: свяще́нник (svjaščénnik) — clergy member
• Russian: кли́рик (klírik) — clergy member
• Serbo-Croatian: духо̀внӣк — clergy member
• Serbo-Croatian: свѐштенӣк — clergy member
• Serbo-Croatian: свѐћенӣк — clergy member
• Serbo-Croatian: duhòvnīk — clergy member
• Serbo-Croatian: svèštenīk — clergy member
• Serbo-Croatian: svèćenīk — clergy member
• Slovak: duchovný — clergy member
• Slovene: duhovnik — clergy member
• Spanish: clérigo — clergy member
• Swedish: klerk — clergy member
• Ukrainian: священнослужи́тель (svjaščennoslužýtelʹ) — clergy member
• Ukrainian: свяще́нник (svjaščénnyk) — clergy member
• Ukrainian: духівни́к (duxivnýk) — clergy member
• Ukrainian: клі́рик (klíryk) — clergy member
• Vietnamese: mục sư — clergy member
• Welsh: clerigwr — clergy member