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語源

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.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈklɛɹɪk/
• 韻: -ɛɹɪk

名詞

cleric (plural clerics)

1. A member of a clergy.

   Synonyms: clergymember, clergyperson; see also Thesaurus:cleric

   Hyponyms: clergyman, clergywoman; (Christian) bishop, cardinal, churchman, curate, deacon, ecclesiastic, minister, parson, pastor, pope, preacher, prelate, presbyter, priest, rector, reverend, vicar; (Jewish) rabbi, (Muslim) imam, caliph, qadi, mufti, mullah, muezzin

   Holonyms: clergy; see also Thesaurus:clergy

2. (roleplaying games) A spellcaster class that receives their spells (especially healing) from their deity.

派生語

関連する語

• clerical
• clerisy
• clerk

派生した語

• ⇒ Welsh: clerigwr

形容詞

cleric (not comparable)

1. (now uncommon) Of or pertaining to the clergy.

   Synonyms: black-collar, clerical; see also Thesaurus:clerical

参照

• “cleric, adj. and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2022.

Further reading

• “cleric”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “cleric”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “cleric”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

アナグラム

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