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Definitions of clergy
  1. noun
    in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity)
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  • order (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy
  • lay characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy
  • priest a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
  • ordinary a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death
  • religious of or relating to clergy bound by monastic vows
  • bishop a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
  • divine a clergyman or other person in religious orders
  • reverend a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
  • reverend a title of respect for a clergyman
  • williams English clergyman and colonist who was expelled from Massachusetts for criticizing Puritanism; he founded Providence in 1636 and obtained a royal charter for Rhode Island in 1663 (1603-1683)
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