clergymen

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Clergymen have discreetly mediated in previous disputes, such as the Pope in the conflict between Cuba and the U.S.

From Scientific American • Mar. 18, 2022

Clergymen had previously applied to the Consistory Court to use DNA testing to discover the identity of the skull - but had the application thrown out, the Daily Telegraph reported in November 2015.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2016

Clergymen, doctors, and other professionals are frequently known by an informal name.

From Slate • Jun. 28, 2014

Clergymen are also training parish volunteers to deflect and douse sanguma accusations at funerals and to raise the alarm anonymously via text messaging when a witch hunt is imminent.

From Time • Jun. 5, 2013

Clergymen who had seen it were working the fair into sermons and lectures.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson