clergy
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Beginning in June, Reid joined clergy from several Episcopal churches on Chicago’s North Side who began gathering weekly at Federal Plaza downtown to pray.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026
Nonprofessional counselors, including family and clergy, can still engage in this conduct, as can professional counselors outside of their paid practice.
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026
More than 40 of England's 108 bishops are now women, with a similar proportion among priests, after women clergy were first permitted in the early 1990s.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
The province is dotted with old Catholic churches—a relic of a time when public institutions like schools and hospitals were under full control of the clergy.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
In the case of the king, he makes a particular kind of choice of expert, in that he licenses people to practice—above all, in Hobbes’s world, he licenses the clergy to preach.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing clergy
World Religions
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Content Summary 5.1: Causes of the Atlantic Revolutions
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Medieval Europe - Introductory
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