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Synonyms for clergy

Grammar : Noun
Spell : klur-jee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈklɜr dʒi

Top 10 synonyms for clergy
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Définition of clergy

Origin :
  • c.1200, clergie "office or dignity of a clergyman," from two Old French words: 1. clergié "clerics, learned men," from Medieval Latin clericatus, from Late Latin clericus (see clerk); 2. clergie "learning, knowledge, erudition," from clerc, also from Late Latin clericus. Meaning "persons ordained for religious work" is from c.1300.
  • noun ministry of church
Example sentences :
  • There are many uneducated preachers who move the classes the clergy cannot touch.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • I am, myself, as great an enemy to the luxury and splendour of the clergy as he can be.
  • Extract from : « Joseph Andrews Vol. 1 » by Henry Fielding
  • The treating of bishops and clergy is often noticed in the accounts.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • Well would it be if all the clergy were as sweet-tempered as that Bishop of Helstonleigh!
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • The Prefect of the Department, the Bishop, the clergy, objected to her story.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Some of our clergy have slipt in by stealth now and then; but they have got up a farce of their own.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • Last of all came the Chapter of our Lady's Church, with all their clergy, scholars, and treasurers.
  • Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
  • Here the clergy of the diocese may come and consult the volumes.
  • Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 » by Various
  • There were also two kinds of clergy, parish priests and monks.
  • Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
  • The clergy seemed to form another class because there were so many of them.
  • Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
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