cleric

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Borrowed from Late Latin clēricus, from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós), from κλῆρος (klêros, “a casting lots, drawing lots”). Many officers at Athens obtained their offices by lot, as opposed to election (Liddell and Scott). Doublet of clerk.

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Rhymes: -ɛɹɪk

cleric (plural clerics)

clergy member

Catalan: clergue (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 牧師／牧师 (zh) (mùshī), 牧师 (zh) (mùshī), 教士 (zh) (jiàoshì)
Danish: gejstlig c
Dutch: geestelijke (nl) m
Finnish: pappi (fi)
French: prêtre (fr) m, ecclésiastique (fr) m, clerc (fr) m
German: Kleriker (de) m
Greek: κληρικός (el) m (klirikós)
Icelandic: klerkur m
Ido: kleriko (io)
Irish: cléireach m
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Italian: chierico (it) m
Japanese: 牧師 (ぼくし, bokushi)
Khmer: អ្នកបួស (neak buəh)
Latin: sacerdos (la), pontifex
Manx: cleragh m
Norwegian: geistlig m
Polish: duchowny (pl) m
Portuguese: clérigo (pt) m
Romanian: cleric (ro) m
Russian: свяще́ннослужитель (ru) m (svjaščénnoslužitelʹ), клирик (ru) m (klirik)
Spanish: clérigo (es) m
Swedish: klerk (sv) c