clergymen

Example Sentences

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Women came to the defense of the clergymen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The building has also sparked concern among senior clergymen involved with the project.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2025

Between the pomp surrounding donning one’s holy livery, pointed glares and swishing red silks and velvets, these cassocked clergymen make bored teenagers seem kind.

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2024

Normally, avant-garde financial tools might come from, well, the financial avant-garde -- bankers, merchants, and investors hunting for short-term profits, not clergymen.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2024

Malcolm thought carefully and said, “No, sir, never. Ladies and gentlemen, or clergymen anyway, but never a baby.”

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman