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subdeacon vs clergyman

clergyman vs subdeacon

subdeacon and clergyman both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
subdeacon Yes No No No
clergyman Yes No No No
As nouns, clergyman is a hypernym of subdeacon; that is, clergyman is a word with a broader meaning than subdeacon:
  • subdeacon: a clergyman an order below deacon; one of the Holy Orders in the unreformed western Christian church and the eastern Catholic Churches but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church
  • clergyman: a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
Other hypernyms of subdeacon include man of the cloth, reverend, Holy Order, Order.
subdeacon (noun) clergyman (noun)
a clergyman an order below deacon; one of the Holy Orders in the unreformed western Christian church and the eastern Catholic Churches but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
Difference between subdeacon and clergyman

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