clérigo

Meaning

cleric, clergyman

Concepts

priest

clergyman

minister

cleric

pastor

churchman

abbé

abbot

parson

rector

ecclesiastic

incumbent

curate

glebe-house

chaplain

bonze

clergyperson

vicar

minister of religion

reverend

spiritual leader

man of the cloth

non-Christian priest

cure

divine

Synonyms

sacerdote

padre

pastor

pároco

abade

cura

vigário

reitor

coadjutor

eclesiástico

sacerdate

clériga

Clérigo

Ministro

Padres da Igreja Católica

presbítero

Translations

prete

Pfarrer

prêtre

Priester

sacerdote

geestelijke

pastor

priester

Pastor

sacerdote

curé

abbé

pastoor

sacerdot

Geistliche

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈklɛ.ɾi.ɡu/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese clerigo, crerigo, a semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin clēricus, from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “(adj. in church jargon) of the clergy”), from κλῆρος (klêros, “the clergy, what is allotted, a lot, inheritance, originally a shard used in casting lots”), from Proto-Indo-European *kald-, *klād- (“timber, log”), from *kola-, *klā- (“to beat, hew, break, destroy, kill”).