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Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin clēricus, from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈklɛ.rɘk/
- Rhymes: -ɛrɘk
- Syllabification: kle‧ryk
Noun
kleryk m pers
- (Roman Catholicism) seminarian, seminarist (student training to be a priest at a Roman Catholic seminary)
- Synonym: alumn
- (Christianity, dated) clergyman, cleric, minister
- Synonym: duchowny
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Further reading
- kleryk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- kleryk in Polish dictionaries at PWN