cleric
noun /ˈklerɪk/
/ˈklerɪk/
- a religious leader, especially a Muslim one
宗教领袖;宗教领导人 - Muslim clerics
穆斯林教职人员
- Muslim clerics
- (old-fashioned or formal) a member of the Christian clergy
Topics Religion and festivalsc2圣职人员;神职人员
词源early 17th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin clericus ‘clergyman’, from Greek klērikos ‘belonging to the Christian clergy’, from klēros ‘lot, heritage’ (Acts 1:26).