Abstract. Introduction. The space of the house, along with the space of the church and nature, is a component of the world of clergymen in A.P. Chekhov’s prose. In the space of the house, they reveal themselves to the extent that they cannot reveal themselves in the church space due to certain accepted rules and norms of behavior imposed on their ecclesiastical rank. The relevance of the study lies in the fact that, space as a part of the world of clergy characters in Chekhov's works hasn’t been sufficiently studied from a linguistic point of view. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the fact that the linguistic means that reveal Chekhov's view of contemporary clergymen and describe their nonchurch life are investigated. Objectives: the main objective of the study is to provide a linguistic analysis of the space of the house and to identify its functions in the world of clergymen. Materials and methods. The research materials are the selected pieces from Chekhov’s works, such as the novel “The Steppe”, the short stories “Letter”, “Nightmare”, “Bishop”, “At the Marshal of the Nobility”. The research was conducted by the means of lexicalsemantic analysis, discourse analysis, descriptive method and text interpretation method. Research results, discussion. The house, as a non-church closed space, has several functions that represent the world of the character. It shows clergymen from a different point of view as they do not follow the rules dictated by the church; it reveals the emotional or physiological state of the character and represents the reflecting person. In addition, the space of the house has another function – it serves as a venue for Orthodox religious rites, which suggests that this space can replace the traditional space of the church. In the everyday space, clergymen implement a confessional intention, which is a reflection of their inner emotional state, or an edifying intention, which corresponds to their ecclesiastical rank. Conclusion. The priest in the space of the house reveals two identities: firstly, he appears as a reflective person in particular physical and emotional state, and secondly – as a spiritual person who holds an ecclesiastical rank. At the same time, clergymen, willingly or unwillingly, correlate these two hypostases in themselves. Thus, the space of the house fully reflects the world of clergymen and their human nature.