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churchman
CIDE DICTIONARY
churchman, n.
- An ecclesiastic or clergyman. [1913 Webster]
- An Episcopalian, or a member of the Established Church of England. Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- One was is attached to, or attends, church. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
churchman, n. (pl. -men)
1 a member of the clergy or of a church.
2 a supporter of the church.
1 a member of the clergy or of a church.
2 a supporter of the church.
THESAURUS
churchman
Christian, DD, Doctor of Divinity, God-fearing man, Holy Joe, abbe, accepter, believer, brother, catechumen, chaplain, church member, churchgoer, churchite, churchwoman, clergyman, cleric, clerical, clerk, communicant, convert, curate, cure, daily communicant, devotee, devotionalist, disciple, divine, ecclesiastic, fanatic, follower, good Christian, laic, lay brother, lay sister, layman, laywoman, man of God, military chaplain, minister, neophyte, padre, parishioner, parson, pastor, pietist, preacher, proselyte, receiver, rector, religionist, reverend, saint, secular, servant of God, shepherd, sister, sky pilot, supply clergy, supply minister, the Reverend, the very Reverend, theist, tonsured cleric, truster, votary, zealotROGET THESAURUS
churchman
Clergy
N clergy, clericals, ministry, priesthood, presbytery, the cloth, the desk, clergyman, divine, ecclesiastic, churchman, priest, presbyter, hierophant, pastor, shepherd, minister, father, father in Christ, padre, abbe, cure, patriarch, reverend, black coat, confessor, dignitaries of the church, ecclesiarch, hierarch, ebdomarius, eminence, reverence, elder, primate, metropolitan, archbishop, bishop, prelate, diocesan, suffragan, dean, subdean, archdeacon, prebendary, canon, rural dean, rector, parson, vicar, perpetual curate, residentiary, beneficiary, incumbent, chaplain, curate, deacon, deaconess, preacher, reader, lecturer, capitular, missionary, propagandist, Jesuit, revivalist, field preacher, churchwarden, sidesman, clerk, precentor, choir, almoner, suisse, verger, beadle, sexton, sacristan, acolyth, acolothyst, acolyte, altar boy, chorister, Pope, Papa, pontiff, high priest, cardinal, ancient flamen, flamen, confessor, penitentiary, spiritual director, cenobite, conventual, abbot, prior, monk, friar, lay brother, beadsman, mendicant, pilgrim, palmer, canon regular, canon secular, Franciscan, Friars minor, Minorites, Observant, Capuchin, Dominican, Carmelite, Augustinian, Gilbertine, Austin Friars, Black Friars, White Friars, Gray Friars, Crossed Friars, Crutched Friars, Bonhomme, Carthusian, Benedictine, Cistercian, Trappist, Cluniac, Premonstatensian, Maturine, Templar, Hospitaler, Bernardine, Lorettine, pillarist, stylite, abbess, prioress, canoness, religieuse, nun, novice, postulant, prophet, priest, high priest, Levite, Rabbi, Rabbin, Rebbe, scribe, mullah, muezzin, ayatollah, ulema, imaum, imam, sheik, sufi, kahin, kassis, mufti, hadji, dervish, fakir, faquir, brahmin, guru, kaziaskier, poonghie, sanyasi, druid, bonze, santon, abdal, Lama, talapoin, caloyer, the Reverend, the very Reverend, the Right Reverend, ordained, in orders, called to the ministry.For further exploring for "churchman" in Webster Dictionary Online