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A clergyman is a man who belongs to the clergy — a male priest, minister, or similar official. The word is built in a plain way: clergy + man. It is correct, but it is also a little old-fashioned. Many people now say member of the clergy, minister, priest, or cleric, so they are not talking only about men. Use clergyman when you specifically mean a man, or when you are reading older books. Though actually, it does not tell you which religion. A clergyman might be , Catholic, or another tradition; use the job name if you need to be exact.
男神職人員(視宗教也可能是牧師、神父)
組成clergy + man: a man of the clergy.
同家族的字
- clergythe group this word is built from
- clergywomanthe matching word for a woman
- clerica gender-neutral word for one member of the clergy
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
clergymannoun/ˈklɝd͡ʒimən/
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A male member of a clergy; especially, an ordained (male) Christian minister.
- Holonym: clergy
- I think if post commanders of the unchaplained posts could employ acceptable clergymen […] then the needs might be met.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。