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take the cloth

take the cloth verb: to become a clergyman, especially a priest.

Verb

take the cloth (third-person singular simple present takes the cloth, present participle taking the cloth, simple past took the cloth, past participle taken the cloth)

  1. To become a clergyman, especially a priest.

Forms of take the cloth

third-person singular presenttakes the cloth
present participletaking the cloth
pasttook the cloth
past participletaken the cloth

Questions about take the cloth

What does take the cloth mean?
Take the cloth means to become a clergyman, especially a priest.
What part of speech is take the cloth?
Take the cloth is a verb.
What is the past tense of take the cloth?
The past tense of take the cloth is took the cloth.

Words near take the cloth in the dictionary

  1. take the cake
  2. take the cash and let the credit go
  3. take the chair
  4. take the chill off
  5. take the Chiltern Hundreds
  6. take the cloth
  7. take the con
  8. take the count
  9. take the coward's way out
  10. take the cross
  11. take the cure

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