as in priest
a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church
clerics were sharply divided on the issue of whether the war was morally justified
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In an interview last month, Shiite cleric and former Hezbollah executive Mohammad Ali al-Husseini described Safieddine as a far more hardline figure than Nasrallah.
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NBC News, 5 Oct. 2024
Should that musket misfire, don’t look for the cleric.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
The white-bearded cleric did not name a new leader.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Sep. 2024
At the apex of his career, the cleric was so popular that shops sold DVDs of his speeches, and many Lebanese used lines from them as ringtones.
—Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2024
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NBC News, 5 Oct. 2024
Should that musket misfire, don’t look for the cleric.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
The white-bearded cleric did not name a new leader.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Sep. 2024
At the apex of his career, the cleric was so popular that shops sold DVDs of his speeches, and many Lebanese used lines from them as ringtones.
—Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2024
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“Cleric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleric. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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