Meaning of 'clergy' in Catalan is: clergat

clergy: clergat

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clergat.

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Noun(1) in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity(2) clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity)(3) ministry of church

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(1) Sweden was free of religious dissent and the clergy constituted a further arm of central government.(2) The colleges provide sheltered housing for clergy widows and retired clergy .(3) a member of the clergy(4) Their wealth and close links with the clergy gives them enormous political power.(5) Lay readers and retired clergy have conducted services in the vicar's absence.(6) Invariably, he would publicly upbraid those members of the clergy he deemed to be unconverted.(7) They will be processed in the ordinary way, first of all through the local clergy .(8) He helped to draft a new catechism of the church to instruct parish clergy .(9) Vested interests and the clergy of both the communities made matters worse, he says.(10) The churches knew about the behaviour of some of their clergy and other workers.(11) He faced tremendous ignorance among the clergy and hostility towards the Reformation.(12) Only the Church of England clergy have a constitutional right to sit in the Lords.(13) He wondered what any of his teachers would do if he had done that to a member of the clergy .(14) The clergy existed to minister to the faithful, and had no other justification.(15) The pope is the bishop of Rome and was once elected by the clergy and laity of the city.(16) Among the issues due to be discussed were the first set of guidelines for the conduct of Church of England clergy .