cleric

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.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈklɛɹɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɹɪk

cleric (plural clerics)

1. A member of the clergy.
2. (role-playing games) A spellcaster class that receives their spells (especially healing) from their deity.

• cleric in minor orders

• clergy
• clergyman
• clergyperson
• clergywoman
• clerical
• clerk

cleric (not comparable)

1. (now uncommon) Of or pertaining to the clergy.

   Synonym: clerical

• “cleric, adj. and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022.

• cleric in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• cleric in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• cleric at OneLook Dictionary Search

• Circle, circle

From Latin clericus.

cleric m (plural clerici)

1. cleric