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• Under the concordate with Belgium, at least one Belgian clergyman must be created cardinal; by tradition, every archbishop of Mechelen is thus created a cardinal.From the entry create
• Still, the elder Laplace wanted his son to become a clergyman.2011, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne, The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and…. From the entry abbé
• Superstitious sailors regarded a clergyman as an unlucky shipmate, a Jonah whose presence would never be welcome.2008, Richard Blake, Evangelicals in the Royal Navy, 1775-1815: Blue Lights & Psalm-singers. From the entry Jonah
• Patrick's from Dublin, clergyman, was a great, shall we say, combined scatophobe and scatophiliac.1973, Anthony Burgess, Obscenity and the Arts. From the entry scatophiliac
• They've tried to scrobble another clergyman who was walking into Tatchester from Tineton.1935, John Masefield, The Box of Delights. From the entry scrobble
• In Hanchuan a native clergyman resides, while in the more important neighboring village catechists are stationed.1913, Arthur R. Gray, Arthur M. Sherman, The Story of the Church in China, New York: Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, →OCLC, page…. From the entry Hanchuan
• "So, the modern clergyman still believes in slipslop, does he?" he exclaimed in his most aggressive manner.1911, The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, page 686. From the entry slipslop
• Wycherly reflected that any woman raised by a clergyman who named her daughter Rahab was probably making something in the nature of a personal statement.1997, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Gravelight, →ISBN, page 173. From the entry Rahab
• On another occasion, a Quislingist became enraged at the size of a collection taken up in one of the churches served by a loyal clergyman.1943, The Link - Volume 1, Issues 1-8, page 35. From the entry quislingist
• "You're a nice specimen for a clergyman," he said at length, "with your preachin" an" your psalm-singin', an" your Sunday coat on."1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 34. From the entry specimen
• His master’s degree permitted him to take either the priestly vows of celibacy or the title of abbé, signifying a low-ranking clergyman who could marry and inherit property.2011, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne, The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and…. From the entry abbé
• There was an unwritten rule in The Kerryman: names of "found ons" cannot be kept out of the paper, except in the case of a Garda or a clergyman.2008 May 21, Con Houlihan, “Strange stigma of being 'found on'”, in Irish Independent. From the entry found on
• "I don't intend to make a habit of going to the races but I feel clergymen should mix as our Lord did with all walks of life," Dr.1960 August 2, “Cleric’s error was to win his wagers”, in Oakland Tribune, home edition, volume CLXXIII, number 33, Oakland, Calif.…. From the entry nonplussed
• One such center was carried on under the energetic leadership of a Sheng Kung Hui clergyman at Lichwan in the Province of Kiangsi, part of the Anking diocese.1943, Beyond the Eight Horizons, page 49. From the entry Lichwan
• A NOTED Jewish rabbi has been uttering his mind concerning "manufacturers of mixed marriages" — clergymen, that is to say, who marry Christians to Jewesses and Jews to Christianesses.a. 1912, Ambrose Bierce, "The Jew", Tangential Views, The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, volume 9, page 373. From the entry Christianess
• In the other dispute (“Did Jesus anywhere claim to be God?”) the same kind of men—trained and learned clergymen—backed up their arguments with chapter and verse.1907, Mark Twain, Christian Science. From the entry chapter and verse
• There is some rumour that he is or has been a clergyman; but one or two incidents of his short residence at the Hall struck me as peculiarly unecclesiastical.1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Return of Sherlock Holmes. From the entry unecclesiastical
• It is still necessary to warn clergymen against allowing the lazy and pernicious practice of 'clappering,' i.e. tying the bell-rope to the clapper, and pulling it instead of the bell.1903, Baron Edmund Beckett Grimthorpe, A rudimentary treatise on clocks and watches and bells. From the entry clapper

Meaning of clergyman

1. noun A male member of a clergy; especially, an ordained (male) Christian minister.

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How do you use clergyman in a sentence?

Clergyman is used as a noun. For example: “Under the concordate with Belgium, at least one Belgian clergyman must be created cardinal; by tradition, every archbishop of Mechelen is thus created a cardinal.”

What is a short sentence with clergyman?

“Still, the elder Laplace wanted his son to become a clergyman.”

What does clergyman mean?

Clergyman means a male member of a clergy; especially, an ordained (male) Christian minister.