clerics

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Abdulkadir is based in Kusfa, the religious centre of Zaria city where the area's many clerics are known to offer prayers for those who ask - a common custom in northern Nigeria.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Henceforth, Iranian clerics wouldn’t merely press for a state and society governed by Shariah.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

There’s this assembly of experts, 88 senior Shiite clerics who have elected themselves, but they choose who the supreme leader is, right?

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2026

The clerics did not say who had been selected, only that a name would be announced soon.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

They could see the pro- ' cessional clerics busy about the decencies of death, and the twinkling knights standing motionless, and the people’s heads, like baskets of coconuts, round the outside of the square.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White