take the cloth



take the cloth

  (formal)
to become a priest He took the cloth in 1945.
See cut coat according to cloth
See also: cloth, take

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ClareKLER, KLAREnglish
WinslowWINZ-loEnglish (Rare)
Berko-Western African, Akan
Telmo-Portuguese, Spanish
Mikula-Czech (Rare)
Golda-Yiddish