man of the cloth vs doorkeeper

doorkeeper vs man of the cloth

man of the cloth and doorkeeper both are nouns.

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

As nouns, doorkeeper is a hyponym of man of the cloth; that is, doorkeeper 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
doorkeeper: the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church

Other hyponyms of man of the cloth include acolyte, anagnost, archdeacon, chaplain, churchman, cleric, divine, ecclesiastic, curate, minister, minister of religion, parson, pastor, rector, deacon, domine, dominee, dominie, dominus, ostiarius, ostiary, lector, reader, officiant, ordinand, ordinary, postulator, preacher, preacher man, sermoniser, sermonizer, priest, shepherd, subdeacon, vicar, vicar.

man of the cloth (noun)	doorkeeper (noun)
a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church	someone who guards an entrance
	an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber
	the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church

Difference between man of the cloth and doorkeeper

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