| English noun: cleric | |||
| 1. | cleric (person) a clergyman or other person in religious orders | ||
| Synonyms | churchman, divine, ecclesiastic | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ordainer, pardoner, pluralist | ||
| Instance hyponym | a Kempis, Bruno, Saint Bruno, St. Bruno, Thomas a Kempis | ||