churchman

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From church + man. Compare kirkman and German Kirchmann.

1. A churchwarden.
2. A person (originally a man) of authority in a Christian religious organization (a church).

   “The bishop, a highly placed churchman, stated the religion's opinion.”

3. A member or adherent of an established church, especially the Church of England.

   “I replied, ‘I attended St. James's, St. Martin's, and St. Ann's, Soho;’—‘So,’ said he, ‘you are a churchman.’”

   “Thus they say the king of Great Britain, must maintain episcopacy in England, and presbyterianism in Scotland, whether he be a presbyterian as king William, a Lutheran as George I. or a true churchman as his present Majesty.”