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• A churchman is in principle a member of a church congregation, in practice someone in holy orders.
• A clergyman can be assumed to be in holy orders. The clergy is a term applied widely across many religions, while clergyman has connotations at least of Protestantism: while a priest might be Catholic or Orthodox Christian. A minister might belong to any Protestant church (not Catholic).
• A pastor is the senior local minister (or priest), for example in a parish.
• A preacher, from the Anglican point of view, is a colloquialism used for a clergyman rather than a formal title — or it may be someone who preaches.
• A canon is a priest who is specifically attached to a cathedralA Cathedral is a Christian church that serves as the central church of a bishopric. As cathedrals are often particularly impressive edifices, the term is sometimes also used loosely as a designation for any large important church. The term is not official and has some responsibility its organisation.
• A prebendaryA prebendary is a post connected to a cathedral or collegiate church and is a type of canon. Prebenaries have a role in the administration of the cathedral. A prebend is a type of benefice, which usually consisted of the income from the cathedral estates. is a type of canon.
• A deanA dean is a name commonly given someone with a senior role in an institution. In a university, a dean is often the head of a division, faculty, college, or school. In a school, a dean may have a counseling role and enforce discipline. In diplomacy, the ti is the head canon.
• A clericA cleric is: A member of the clergy of a religion, especially one that has trained or ordained priests, preachers, or other religious professionals; or A member of a character class in Dungeons & Dragons and similar fantasy role-playing games. As Clergy T: the same as clergyman, and the same root etymologically speaking, but the very old meaning as clerkBusiness and financial operations occupations Sales occupations. might simply be someone literate.
• VicarIn the broadest sense, a vicar is anyone who is acting as a substitute or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious"). In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant''. Usually the title appears in a number of Christian ecclesiastical contexts, but is, rectorThe word rector ("ruler," from the Latin regere has a number of different meanings. The Rector is the highest academic official of a university in many countries. At some universities they have the title of rector magnificus. In Scotland, the position ofs and curates are different types of parish priests .
• A deacon or deaconess is a particular status within those who are ordained.
• An archdeacon has an administrative post at diocese level.
• A chaplain is seconded to some institution, or a family; there is no implication about denomination.
• A divine (noun) meant someone learned in theology, which was traditionally called divinity, really the Latinate equivalent.

Some of these terms are obsolescent (divine is probably not current).