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cléireach — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cleric noun A member of the clergy, such as a priest, imam, or minister.
  • clerk noun An office worker who handles records, correspondence, or accounts.
  • sexton noun A church official who maintains the building and churchyard, and sometimes digs graves or rings bells.

Senses

cléireach is used for these senses in English:

  • altar boy A boy serving as an acolyte in certain forms of Christianity.
  • altar server (Christianity) A layperson, often a child or adolescent, who assists a member of the clergy during a Christian liturgy, attending to supporting tasks at the altar.
  • cleric A member of a clergy.
  • clerk One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
  • sexton A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell ringer.

cleric — full definition

  1. noun A member of the clergy, such as a priest, imam, or minister.
  2. adj Relating to the clergy.

clerk — full definition

  1. noun An office worker who handles records, correspondence, or accounts.
  2. noun A person who assists customers in a shop, hotel, or similar business.
  3. noun A law clerk who assists a judge with research and case preparation.