cleric
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Etymology [edit]
From Latin clēricus, from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikos), from κλῆρος (klēros, “a casting lots, drawing lots”), (Europe; many officers at Athens obtained their offices by lot, as opposed to election [Liddell and Scott]), from Proto-Indo-European *kald-, *klād- (“timber, log”), from Proto-Indo-European *kola-, *klā- (“to beat, hew, break, destroy, kill”).
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Noun [edit]
cleric (plural clerics)
- A clergy member.
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Translations [edit]
clergy member
External links [edit]
- cleric in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- cleric in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- cleric at OneLook Dictionary Search
