(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:32:23

Cler"gy*man (?), n.; pl. Clergymen (#).

An ordained minister; a man regularly authorized to peach the gospel, and administer its ordinances; in England usually restricted to a minister of the Established Church.

 

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