cleric

名词 cleric:

1. a clergyman or other person in religious orders
   同义词：churchman, divine, ecclesiastic

1. A title and an office conferred on a male cleric by a pope.
   阁下由罗马主教授予男性神职人员的称谓和官职
2. A cleric ranking just below a priest in the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and Roman Catholic churches.
   执事英国圣公会、东正教和罗马天主教的教堂中仅次于牧师级别的神职人员
3. A cleric who directs the choral services of a church or cathedral.
   领唱者指挥教堂或圣公会大教堂合唱赞美诗的牧师
4. A Christian church or congregation with no cleric of its own that depends for support on a larger religious organization.
   教堂，教区没有自己的牧师而依靠更大的宗教组织支持的基督教教堂或教区

cler.ic

n.（名词）
A member of the clergy.
神职人员

来源：
Late Latin clôricus * see clerk
后期拉丁语 clôricus *参见 clerk