Reverse Dictionary: CLERGY

NOUNS
► LADS IN BLACK the clergy, ministers → 1821 Sc.
► MASS a title prefixed to the Christian name of a minister of religion → 1766 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► ST. ALBANS CLEAN SHAVE a clergyman’s beardless face, typical of the High Church → L19 sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ALL-ROUNDER a clergyman who wears a ‘Roman collar’ → 1930s US criminals’ sl.
► AMEN-SNORTER a clergyman → L19 sl.
► AUTEM JET a clergyman → 1737 cant
► BAD STICK a clergyman who has a bad delivery → 1855 (Bk.)
► BEAD-COUNTER a clergyman or an overtly religious person; a recluse → 1809 UK sl., contemptuous usage
► BENIMAN a clergyman → 1914 Sc. (Bk.)
► BIBLE-BACK a clergyman, missionary, or proselytizer → 1840 sl.
► BIBLE-BANGER a clergyman who expounds or follows the Bible in a vigorous and aggressive manner; a religious person who thrusts their beliefs on any who will listen and many who would rather not → 1853 colloq.
► BIBLE-BASHER a clergyman who expounds or follows the Bible in a vigorous and aggressive manner; a religious person who thrusts their beliefs on any who will listen and many who would rather not → 1942 colloq.
► BIBLE-BUSTER a clergyman; a religious fanatic → 1904 US sl.
► BIBLE-MAULER a clergyman → 1872 US sl.
► BIBLE-POUNDER a clergyman who expounds or follows the Bible in a vigorous and aggressive manner; a religious person who thrusts their beliefs on any who will listen and many who would rather not → 1868 colloq.
► BIBLE-PUNCHER a clergyman who expounds or follows the Bible in a vigorous and aggressive manner; a religious person who thrusts their beliefs on any who will listen and many who would rather not → 1897 colloq., often derogatory
► BIBLE-RANTER a clergyman, a preacher; a fanatical or zealous religious person → 1876 US sl.
► BIBLE-READER a clergyman, a preacher; a reader of the Bible → 1548
► BIBLE-SHARP a clergyman, a preacher → 1897 US sl.
► BIBLE-SPOUTER a clergyman, a preacher; a fanatical or zealous religious person → 1955 Amer. dial.
► BIBLE-SWINGER a clergyman who expounds or follows the Bible in a vigorous and aggressive manner; a religious person who thrusts their beliefs on any who will listen and many who would rather not → 1958 sl., often derogatory
► BIBLE-THRASHER a clergyman who expounds or follows the Bible in a vigorous and aggressive manner; a religious person who thrusts their beliefs on any who will listen and many who would rather not → 1881 colloq.
► BIBLE-THUMPER a clergyman who expounds or follows the Bible in a vigorous and aggressive manner; a religious person who thrusts their beliefs on any who will listen and many who would rather not → 1866 sl., often derogatory
► BIBLE-TOTER a clergyman, a fanatical or zealous religious person or preacher → 1940 Amer. dial.
► BIBLE-WALLOPER a clergyman, a preacher → 1888 sl.
► BLACK BOY a clergyman, a parson → 1835 UK sl.
► BLACK CATTLE clergymen; parsons → 1719 UK sl.
► BLACK-COAT a clergyman, a parson → 1616 depreciative usage
► BLACK FLY a clergyman, a parson → c1786 UK sl.
► BLACK GOWN a clergyman → 1731 sl.
► BLACK SHEEP a clergyman → 1829 UK sl.
► BLACK SLUG a clergyman, a parson → 1804 UK sl.
► CACKLING COVE a clergyman; a preacher → 1891 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CAMISTER a clergyman; a preacher → 1851 thieves’ cant
► CRAPE-GOWN-MAN a clergyman → 1628 obs.
► CRAPE-MAN a clergyman → 1826 obs.
► DEVIL CATCHER a clergyman; any overly pious person → 18C sl.
► DEVIL-CHASER a clergyman; any overly pious person → 18C sl.
► DEVIL-DODGER a clergyman; any overly pious person → 18C sl.
► DEVIL-DRIVER a clergyman; any overly pious person → 18C sl.
► EARWIG a clergyman → 1857 sl.
► ECCLESIASTIC a clergyman; a person in orders; a ‘churchman’ as distinguished from a ‘layman’ → 1651
► ECCLESIASTICAL a clergyman; a person in orders; a ‘churchman’ as distinguished from a ‘layman’  →1882-3
► FIRE ESCAPE a clergyman → 19C Brit. sl.
► FIRE INSURANCE AGENT a clergyman → E20 US sl.
► GAD-THUMPER a clergyman → 1905 Aust. sl.
► GENTLEMAN OF THE LONG ROBE a clergyman → 1920 (Bk.)
► GLUEPOT a clergyman; a parson → 1796 sl. (Bk.)
► GUMBLER a clergyman → M19 sl.
► HALLELUJAH-PEDDLER a clergyman, an evangelist; a Salvation Army or any other affiliation of preacher → 1927 US sl.
► HALY DAD a clergyman → 1721 Sc.
► HARP-POLISHER a clergyman, esp. a priest → 1946 Amer. sl.
► HAUL-DEVIL a clergyman → M19 sl.
► HEAVEN-REACHER a clergyman, a preacher → 1927 US tramps’ sl.
► HEDGE-PARSON an uneducated clergyman; a priest, or a beggar who poses as such, who works in rural areas, ministering to other beggars and the local peasantry; the implication is that such clergy were not true priests → 1748 UK criminals’
► HILL-MINISTER a clergyman ministering to the hill-men, a Cameronian minister → 1714 Sc.
► HILL-TEACHER a clergyman ministering to the hill-men, a Cameronian minister → 1710 Sc.
► HOLY JOE a clergyman, a priest → 1874 sl., orig. nautical usage
► IMPROVER a person who is learning the profession of a clergyman → 1885 Eng. dial.
► JACK AT A PINCH a clergyman hired when the regular incumbent is absent → c1620 colloq.
► JACKING-GOWN a clergyman → 1904 Sc. obs.
► JERUSALEM-PONY a needy clergyman helping for hire → 1896 clerical (Bk.)
► JOSSER a clergyman, a priest → 1887 Aust. sl.
► JOSS-MAN a clergyman or missionary → a1889 Amer. nautical
► KNULLER a clergyman → M19 sl.
► LAD IN BLACK a clergyman; a minister → 1821 Sc.
► LEVITE a clergyman → 1640 obs., contemptuous usage
► MAN IN BLACK a clergyman → 1692
► MASS JOHN a clergyman or minister of religion → 1685 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► OLD DOG AT COMMON PRAYER a mediocre clergyman who could read the prayers, but had no skill at preaching → 1698 sl.
► PADRE in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and other areas of Spanish and Portuguese influence: a Christian clergyman, esp. a Roman Catholic Priest → 1584
► PARISH-BULL a local clergyman; a parson → 1865 Brit. sl. (Bk.)
► PARISH-PRIG a local clergyman; a parson → 1865 Brit. sl. (Bk.)
► PARSON TRULLIBER a rude, vulgar country clergyman → 1865 sl. (Bk.)
► PUDDING-SLEEVES a clergyman → E18 sl.
► RAT a clergyman → 17C sl.
► REVEREND, THE the parish clergyman → 1901 Eng. dial.
► SIN-BUSTER a clergyman → 1930s US sl.
► SIN-SHIFTER a clergyman, a priest → a1912 sl.
► SKY-PILOT a clergyman who has a spiritual charge among seamen → 1882
► SKY WRITER a clergyman; a preacher → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SMALL COAL MAN a clergyman → 1673 cant. obs.
► SNUB-DEVIL a member of the clergy; a parson → 1785 sl., obs.
► SOUL DOCTOR n. a clergyman → 1785 sl.
► SOUL DRIVER n. a clergyman → 1699 obs.
► VICE-WHIPPER a clergyman; a pious person → L17 sl.
► WARMING-PAN a clergyman who holds a living pro tempore, under a bond of resignation; he keeps the place warm for his successor → 1865 sl. (Bk.)
► WHITE-CHOKER a clergyman → 1851 sl.
► YOKE MINISTER a clergyperson serving two congregations → 2008 Amer. dial.
► YOKE PASTOR a clergyperson serving two congregations → 1966 Amer. dial.

PHRASES
► ​REVIEW OF THE BLACK CUIRASSIERS a visitation of the clergy → 1903 sl. (Bk.)