Cleric Definition

klĕrĭk
clerics
noun
clerics
A member of the clergy.
Webster's New World
adjective
Relating to the clergy or one of its members.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Cleric

Noun

Singular:
cleric
Plural:
clerics

Origin of Cleric

  • 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”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Late Latin clēricus clerk

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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