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acolyte vs clergyman

clergyman vs acolyte

acolyte and clergyman both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
acolyte Yes No No No
clergyman Yes No No No
As nouns, clergyman is a hypernym of acolyte; that is, clergyman is a word with a broader meaning than acolyte:
  • acolyte: someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches
  • clergyman: a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
Other hypernyms of acolyte include man of the cloth, reverend, Holy Order, Order.
acolyte (noun) clergyman (noun)
someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
Difference between acolyte and clergyman

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