clergy
IPA: kɫˈɝdʒi
noun
- Body of persons, such as priests, who are trained and ordained for religious service.
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Examples of "clergy" in Sentences
- Acolyte is the rank of Clergy Helper.
- The clergy openly attacked the decree.
- 'Acolyte' is the rank of Clergy Helper.
- The clergy vest is a form of waistcoat.
- He also exposed the misdeeds of the clergy.
- At the end, the clergy again chant the Megalynarion.
- People enforced the taxation of the nobility and the clergy.
- Montgelas enforced the taxation of the nobility and the clergy.
- Gregory legislated on the behaviour of the laity and the clergy.
- The priests ordained belong to the secular clergy of the diocese.