1620s (also in early use as an adjective), from Church Latin clericus "clergyman, priest," noun use of adjective meaning "priestly, belonging to the clerus;" from Ecclesiastical Greek klerikos "pertaining to an inheritance," but in Greek Christian jargon by 2c., "of the clergy, belonging to the clergy," as opposed to the laity; from kleros "a lot, allotment; piece of land; heritage, inheritance," originally "a shard or wood chip used in casting lots," related to klan "to break" (see clastic).
Kleros was used by early Greek Christians for matters relating to ministry, based on Deut. xviii:2 reference to Levites as temple assistants: "Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the Lord is their inheritance," kleros being used as a translation of Hebrew nahalah "inheritance, lot." Or else it is from the use of the word in Acts i:17. A word taken up in English after clerk (n.) shifted to its modern meaning.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. His grandfather was a Muslim cleric.
他的祖父是一名穆斯林阿訇。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. You wanted him as the bridegroom, not as the officiating cleric.
你想把他作為你的新郎, 而不是一個(gè)履行公事的神父.
來(lái)自辭典例句
3. His friends now wondered at the cleric and very official - looking nature of his position.
他的朋友們對(duì)他這么伏案疾書(shū)不勝驚異.
來(lái)自英漢文學(xué) - 嘉莉妹妹
4. The grand cleric sent a legion of templars to hunt the fugitive.
大牧師立即派出了整整一個(gè)軍團(tuán)的圣殿武士去追捕這個(gè)逃犯.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. Muhammad Tantawi, Egypt's senior cleric, died in Saudi Arabia, aged 81.