Word Meanings - CLERGYMAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An ordained minister; a man regularly authorized to peach the gospel, and administer its ordinances; in England usually restricted to a minister of the Established Church.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CLERGYMAN)

• Minister
• Servant
• officer
• delegate
• official
• ambassador
• subordinate
• ecclesiastic
• clergyman
• priest
• parson
• divine
• preacher
• pastor
• shepherd
• reverend
• curate
• vicar

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of CLERGYMAN)

• Lead
• rule
• command
• exact

Related words: (words related to CLERGYMAN)

• PRIESTLIKE
  Priestly. B. Jonson.
• EXACTOR
  One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands. Jer. Taylor.
• EXACTING
  Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. "A temper so exacting." T. Arnold -- Ex*act"ing*ly, adv. -- Ex*act"ing*ness, n.
• PASTORALLY
  1. In a pastoral or rural manner. 2. In the manner of a pastor.
• COMMANDING
  1. Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer. 2. Fitted to impress or control; as, a commanding look or presence. 3. Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position. Syn.
• SHEPHERDIA
  A genus of shrubs having silvery scurfy leaves, and belonging to the same family as Elæagnus; also, any plant of this genus. See Buffalo berry, under Buffalo.
• EXACTLY
  In an exact manner; precisely according to a rule, standard, or fact; accurately; strictly; correctly; nicely. "Exactly wrought." Shak. His enemies were pleased, for he had acted exactly as their interests required. Bancroft.
• PASTORSHIP
  Pastorate. Bp. Bull.
• OFFICIALISM
  The state of being official; a system of official government; also, adherence to office routine; red-tapism. Officialism may often drift into blunders. Smiles.
• ECCLESIASTICALLY
  In an ecclesiastical manner; according ecclesiastical rules.
• VICARIAN
  A vicar. Marston.
• EXACTION
  1. The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion. Take away your exactions from my
• VICARIOUS
  Acting as a substitute; -- said of abnormal action which replaces a suppressed normal function; as, vicarious hemorrhage replacing menstruation. (more info) turn, the position, place, or office of one person as assumed by another; akin
• PRIESTING
  The office of a priest. Milton.
• PASTORLESS
  Having no pastor.
• COMMANDATORY
  Mandatory; as, commandatory authority.
• PASTORLY
  Appropriate to a pastor. Milton.
• AMBASSADORIAL
  Of or pertaining to an ambassador. H. Walpole.
• COMMANDO
  In South Africa, a military body or command; also, sometimes, an expedition or raid; as, a commando of a hundred Boers. The war bands, called commandos, have played a great part in the . . . military history of the country. James Bryce.
• REVERENDLY
  Reverently. Foxe.
• UNVICAR
  To deprive of the position or office a vicar. Strype.
• ACCURATENESS
  The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision.
• INEXACTLY
  In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately. R. A. Proctor.
• INEXACT
  Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate.
• INSUBORDINATE
  Not submitting to authority; disobedient; rebellious; mutinous
• INACCURATE
  Not accurate; not according to truth; inexact; incorrect; erroneous; as, in inaccurate man, narration, copy, judgment, calculation, etc. The expression is plainly inaccurate. Bp. Hurd. Syn. -- Inexact; incorrect; erroneous; faulty; imperfect;
• SUBDELEGATE
  A subordinate delegate, or one with inferior powers.
• INOFFICIALLY
  Without the usual forms, or not in the official character.
• MANSERVANT
  A male servant.
• INACCURATELY
  In an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly.