Clergyman, n. - A man who undertakes the management of our spiritual affairs as a method of bettering his temporal ones.
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n. 管理;管理人员;管理技巧，处事的能力;
💡 manage管理+ment表名词 →管理
"She's on the management committee."
她任管理委员会委员。
近义：intendancy, negotiation, regency, superintendancy, supervision, undertaking
反义：lawlessness, misgovernment, mishandling, mismanagement, misrule, acracy
adj. 精神的;心灵的;高尚的，崇高的;宗教的;
n. 圣歌（尤指美国南部黑人的）;教会事物;
💡 spirit精神+ual...的 →精神的；宗教的
"a spiritual that segued into a singalong chorus"
一首转为会众集体跟唱的灵歌
近义：unworldly, church, clerical, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical
反义：worldly, temporal, earthly, earthy
n. 方法;条理;
💡 meth(meta-=after)+od(way)→方法；体系；秩序（=a way after,a following after）
"a reliable method of birth control"
可靠的节育措施
近义：approach, logic, logicality, manner, means, mode
adj. 时间的;世俗的;暂存的;<语>表示时间的;
n. 暂存的事物，世间的事物;世俗的权力;一时的事物，俗事;
💡 tempor时间+al形容词后缀→ 现世的；暂时的
"Although spiritual leader of millions of people, the Pope has no temporal power."
教皇虽然是亿万人的精神领袖，但没有丝毫的世俗权力。
近义：provisional, temporary, mundane, worldly, earthly, earthy
n. 牧师;教士;
"A clergyman friend of the family conducted the funeral."
这家人的一位牧师朋友主持了这场葬礼.
近义：parson, presbyter, priest, ecclesiastic, reverend, churchman
反义：layperson, secular