clergy
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The clergy specifically placed the handles of the tall ark at the bottom, so that even preschoolers would be able to open it.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
He has also espoused a more collegiate style of governance, delegating some particularly sensitive topics to his senior clergy.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
Meddling in-laws, persuasive friends, even a therapist or clergy member are all fair game.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
Lay members voted by 48 to eight in favour with two abstentions, with clergy voting 32 to seven with five abstentions, before bishops confirmed the passing of the bill with no objections.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
He saw priests, also, and people he assumed were ministers and rabbis and Muslim clergy.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Vocabulary lists containing clergy
World Religions
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