clergy
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He said he raised the issue with Archbishop Eamon Martin, the Primate of All Ireland, and as a result, guidance was drawn up for clergy who are approached to give references in court proceedings.
From BBC
Yet away from the mainstream, Ceirion Dewar, who is a bishop in the small, more conservative, traditionalist Confessing Anglican Church, insists he will not be "lectured to" by these clergy.
From BBC
Western missionaries were expelled; churches, mosques and temples were brought under state control or shuttered; and clergy who refused to join government-sanctioned “patriotic associations” were imprisoned.
Since he was a small boy, he’s been encouraged by teachers, clergy and many family members to serve a two-year mission in our faith.
Ironically, the nobles and clergy who had defied the king by upholding their privileges yielded these same privileges to the National Assembly.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
