man of the cloth

noun

1. a clergyman or other ecclesiastic.

Example Sentences

Perhaps his role as a man of the cloth in “Conclave” offset that energy.

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Then to hear this man, the man of the cloth, use words like, "Drag ministry," oh my goodness, that was just it for me.

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Poitier plays the straight man, as he often did in comedies, allowing Belafonte to have a blast as Reverend Willis Oaks Rutherford, a con artist masquerading as a man of the cloth.

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Timothy Simons stands out as a rather clueless man of the cloth.

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The wildlife presenter and camera operator did a documentary with the man of the cloth, who took part in Strictly in 2017.

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Related Words

• cleric 
• elder 
• father 
• friar 
• lama 
• monk 
• preacher 
• rector