Clergy

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clergy
n. people who work in religious ministry (rabbis, priests, etc.)


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Clergy
Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion. The term comes from Greek κληρος (a lot, that which is assigned by lot (allotment) or metaphorically, heritage).Depending on the religion, clergy usually take care of the ritual aspects of the religious life, teach or otherwise help in spreading the religion's doctrine and practices. They often deal with life-cycle events such as childbirthbaptism,  circumcisioncoming of age ceremonies, marriage, and death. Clergy of most faiths work both inside and outside formal houses of worship, and can be found working in hospitals, nursing homes, missions, armies, etc.
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clergy
Noun
1. clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity)
(antonym) laity, temporalty
(hypernym) priesthood
(hyponym) pastorate
(member-meronym) clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Clergy
(n.)
The privilege or benefit of clergy.
  
 
(n.)
The body of men set apart, by due ordination, to the service of God, in the Christian church, in distinction from the laity; in England, usually restricted to the ministers of the Established Church.
  
 
(n.)
Learning; also, a learned profession.
  

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clergy
n.
پادريوں کا فرقہ
benefit of clergy
پادريوں کي بريت عدالت فوجداري سے بعض حالت ميں

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