man of the cloth vs acolyte

acolyte vs man of the cloth

man of the cloth and acolyte both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
man of the cloth	Yes	No	No	No
acolyte	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, acolyte is a hyponym of man of the cloth; that is, acolyte is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than man of the cloth:

man of the cloth: a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
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

Other hyponyms of man of the cloth include 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.

man of the cloth (noun)	acolyte (noun)
a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church	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

Difference between man of the cloth and acolyte

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