Dreye权威释义

n.

教会圣职人员

a.

书记的；办事员的；抄写员的
牧师的

辨析

同义:

n.教士，牧师

clergyman priest minister rabbi parson churchman ecclesiastic pastor

a.教堂的，教士的

ecclesiastical churchly

同义参见:

clerk

以上来源于：《英汉大辞典》

n.

a priest or religious leader, especially a Christian or Muslim one.

Etymology

C17 (earlier (C15) as clerical): from eccles. L. clericus ‘clergyman’, from Gk klērikos ‘belonging to the Christian clergy’, from klēros ‘lot, heritage’ (Acts 1:26).

以上来源于：《简明牛津英语词典》