cleric

Other forms of cleric

plural

clerics·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cleric

What does cleric mean?

cleric means "a clergyman or other person in religious orders".

How many syllables are in cleric?

cleric has 2 syllables: cler-ic. The stress falls on "cler". In IPA it is /ˈklɛɹɪk/.

What is another word for cleric?

Close synonyms include churchman, divine, ecclesiastic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cleric a common word?

cleric is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.