take the cloth
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English
[edit]Verb
[edit]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)
- To become a clergyman, especially a priest.
- Coordinate term: take the veil
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[edit]- “take the cloth” in Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.