as in church
the group ordained to perform clerical functions in the Christian church
when people find out she's a member of the clergy, they suddenly change their manner
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The saints & clergy in the dome’s three-thousand-square-foot mural looking down on me.
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Patrycja Humienik, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
The final run of Danny McBride and Jody Hill’s HBO comedy kicked off with a standalone Civil War period piece starring Bradley Cooper as the first Gemstone to put on a clergy robe — albeit in the most unscrupulous of ways.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2025
Jane Weston corresponded with white clergy, proving that Black women actively engaged in intellectual and religious discussions.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 9 Mar. 2025
Many end up in caring professions like nurses, therapists, or members of the clergy.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
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Patrycja Humienik, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
The final run of Danny McBride and Jody Hill’s HBO comedy kicked off with a standalone Civil War period piece starring Bradley Cooper as the first Gemstone to put on a clergy robe — albeit in the most unscrupulous of ways.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2025
Jane Weston corresponded with white clergy, proving that Black women actively engaged in intellectual and religious discussions.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 9 Mar. 2025
Many end up in caring professions like nurses, therapists, or members of the clergy.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
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“Clergy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clergy. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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