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cler·gy
 clergy
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- pronunciation:
- kluhr
ji
- features:
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noun |
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clergies |
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When people talk about "the clergy," they mean the whole group of people who are allowed to lead religious services. People like priests, imams, ministers, and rabbis are members of the clergy.
Father Juma was a young man when he entered the clergy. He has been a priest for almost forty years now.Members of the clergy serve in churches, temples, synagogues, and mosques.- similar words:
- clergymen, cloth, fathers, ministers, pastors, priests, rabbis
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