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;管理人員;管理技巧，處事的能力;
?? manage管理+ment表名詞 →管理
"She's on the management committee."
她任管理委員會委員。
近義：intendancy, negotiation, regency, superintendancy, supervision, undertaking
反義：lawlessness, misgovernment, mishandling, mismanagement, misrule, acracy
adj. 精神的;心靈的;高尚的，崇高的;宗教的;
n. 圣歌（尤指美國南部黑人的）;教會事物;
?? spirit精神+ual...的 →精神的；宗教的
"a spiritual that segued into a singalong chorus"
一首轉為會眾集體跟唱的靈歌
近義：unworldly, church, clerical, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical
反義：worldly, temporal, earthly, earthy
n. 方法;條理;
?? meth(meta-=after)+od(way)→方法；體系；秩序（=a way after,a following after）
"a reliable method of birth control"
可靠的節育措施
近義：approach, logic, logicality, manner, means, mode
adj. 時間的;世俗的;暫存的;<語>表示時間的;
n. 暫存的事物，世間的事物;世俗的權力;一時的事物，俗事;
?? tempor時間+al形容詞后綴→ 現世的；暫時的
"Although spiritual leader of millions of people, the Pope has no temporal power."
教皇雖然是億萬人的精神領袖，但沒有絲毫的世俗權力。
近義：provisional, temporary, mundane, worldly, earthly, earthy
n. 牧師;教士;
"A clergyman friend of the family conducted the funeral."
這家人的一位牧師朋友主持了這場葬禮.
近義：parson, presbyter, priest, ecclesiastic, reverend, churchman
反義：layperson, secular