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Definition of clergy in English: clergynounPlural clergies ˈkləːdʒiˈklərdʒi usually treated as plural The body of all people ordained for religious duties, especially in the Christian Church. all marriages were to be solemnized by the clergy Example sentencesExamples - The colleges provide sheltered housing for clergy widows and retired clergy.
- Their wealth and close links with the clergy gives them enormous political power.
- Only the Church of England clergy have a constitutional right to sit in the Lords.
- Lay readers and retired clergy have conducted services in the vicar's absence.
- Sweden was free of religious dissent and the clergy constituted a further arm of central government.
- The mandate was eventually extended to teachers, social workers, and clergy in many states.
- He wondered what any of his teachers would do if he had done that to a member of the clergy.
- He helped to draft a new catechism of the church to instruct parish clergy.
- Vested interests and the clergy of both the communities made matters worse, he says.
- Other groups such as the Gardai and the clergy have much shakier grounds for complaint.
- The clergy existed to minister to the faithful, and had no other justification.
- Invariably, he would publicly upbraid those members of the clergy he deemed to be unconverted.
- He faced tremendous ignorance among the clergy and hostility towards the Reformation.
- The churches knew about the behaviour of some of their clergy and other workers.
- He is one of the few clergy who knows everyone who lives in his parish.
- Among the issues due to be discussed were the first set of guidelines for the conduct of Church of England clergy.
- Buddhist monks, Church of England clergy and crematorium staff all came under the spotlight.
- They will be processed in the ordinary way, first of all through the local clergy.
- This decline in the institution of the papacy made many members of the clergy impatient for reform.
- The pope is the bishop of Rome and was once elected by the clergy and laity of the city.
Synonyms clergymen, clergywomen, churchmen, churchwomen, clerics, priests, ecclesiastics, men/women of God, men/women of the cloth ministry, priesthood, holy orders, the church, the cloth, first estate
Origin Middle English: from Old French, based on ecclesiastical Latin clericus 'clergyman' (see cleric). Definition of clergy in US English: clergynounˈklərdʒiˈklərjē usually treated as plural The body of all people ordained for religious duties, especially in the Christian Church. all marriages were to be solemnized by the clergy Example sentencesExamples - The clergy existed to minister to the faithful, and had no other justification.
- The colleges provide sheltered housing for clergy widows and retired clergy.
- Their wealth and close links with the clergy gives them enormous political power.
- The churches knew about the behaviour of some of their clergy and other workers.
- Among the issues due to be discussed were the first set of guidelines for the conduct of Church of England clergy.
- The pope is the bishop of Rome and was once elected by the clergy and laity of the city.
- Buddhist monks, Church of England clergy and crematorium staff all came under the spotlight.
- He faced tremendous ignorance among the clergy and hostility towards the Reformation.
- Invariably, he would publicly upbraid those members of the clergy he deemed to be unconverted.
- Vested interests and the clergy of both the communities made matters worse, he says.
- He wondered what any of his teachers would do if he had done that to a member of the clergy.
- This decline in the institution of the papacy made many members of the clergy impatient for reform.
- The mandate was eventually extended to teachers, social workers, and clergy in many states.
- He helped to draft a new catechism of the church to instruct parish clergy.
- Other groups such as the Gardai and the clergy have much shakier grounds for complaint.
- Only the Church of England clergy have a constitutional right to sit in the Lords.
- Sweden was free of religious dissent and the clergy constituted a further arm of central government.
- He is one of the few clergy who knows everyone who lives in his parish.
- They will be processed in the ordinary way, first of all through the local clergy.
- Lay readers and retired clergy have conducted services in the vicar's absence.
Synonyms clergymen, clergywomen, churchmen, churchwomen, clerics, priests, ecclesiastics, men of god, women of god, men of the cloth, women of the cloth
Origin Middle English: from Old French, based on ecclesiastical Latin clericus ‘clergyman’ (see cleric). |