What does Churchman mean?

Definitions for Churchman
ˈtʃɜrtʃ mənchurch·man

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Churchman.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. cleric, churchman, divine, ecclesiasticnoun

    a clergyman or other person in religious orders

Wiktionary

  1. churchmannoun

    A person (originally a man) of authority in a religious organization; a cleric.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Churchmannoun

    Etymology: church and man.

    If any thing be offered to you touching the church and churchmen, or church-government, rely not only upon yourself. Francis Bacon, Advice to Villers.

    A very difficult work to do, to reform and reduce a church into order, that had been so long neglected, and that was so ill filled by many weak and more wilful churchmen. Edward Hyde.

    Patience in want, and poverty of mind,
    These marks of church and churchmen he design’d,
    And living taught, and dying left behind. John Dryden, Fables.

ChatGPT

  1. churchman

    A churchman is a male member of the clergy or a man who is a leader, official, or prominent member in a church or religious institution. The term is often used to refer to those who are professionals in religious matters, theology, or ecclesiastical law.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Churchmannoun

    an ecclesiastic or clergyman

  2. Churchmannoun

    an Episcopalian, or a member of the Established Church of England

  3. Churchmannoun

    one was is attached to, or attends, church

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. CHURCHMAN

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Churchman is ranked #19581 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Churchman surname appeared 1,378 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Churchman.

    80.9% or 1,115 total occurrences were White.
    13.5% or 186 total occurrences were Black.
    2.9% or 40 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2% or 28 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Churchman in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Churchman in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Churchman in a Sentence

  1. David Gibson:

    He seems to be too much a creature of the Old Church, but he’s been better than his predecessors. He believed in churchman before victims. He moved very carefully, giving deference to the church. That was evident in Chile, and the sex abuse allegations there.

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