man of the cloth

A priest or clergyman. Ever since he was young, John knew he wanted to become a man of the cloth.

Fig. a clergyman. Father Brown is a man of the cloth and is welcome at our table for dinner every Sunday.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ioana	-	Romanian, Bulgarian
Harisha	-	Hinduism
Spiridon	-	Greek, Serbian, Croatian
Torny	-	Norwegian
Sibylla	zi-BUY-lah (German)	Greek, German, Swedish, Late Roman, Late Greek
Brittney	BRIT-nee	English (Modern)