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man of the cloth
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Noun man of the cloth has 1 sense
- man of the cloth(n = noun.person) clergyman, reverend - a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church; Array is a member of clergy
is a kind of spiritual leader
has particulars: acolyte, anagnost, archdeacon, chaplain, churchman, cleric, divine, ecclesiastic, curate, minister, minister of religion, parson, pastor, rector, deacon, domine, dominee, dominie, dominus, doorkeeper, ostiarius, ostiary, lector, reader, officiant, ordinand, ordinary, postulator, preacher, preacher man, sermoniser, sermonizer, priest, shepherd, subdeacon, vicar, vicar, beecher, henry ward beecher, donne, john donne, john keble, keble, king, martin luther king, martin luther king jr., john wesley, wesley, charles wesley, wesley, roger williams, williams
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