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
Nina['ni:nə]
Andreyahn-DRYAY (Russian)Russian, Bulgarian
Clelia-Italian
Marjeta-Slovene
Ghjulia-Corsican
Lizbeth['lizəθ]