- plural of clergyman.
clergymen
Example Sentences
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The letter, addressed to white clergymen critical of King’s anti-segregation protests, defended nonviolent civil disobedience as a tactic in the fight for racial justice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
A group of clergymen took their place on the Western Terrace.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2025
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
Ukrainian media named four of the Ukrainians who met with Johnson, including these three clergymen:
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2024
Their presence marks the beginning not of discovery itself but of a culture of discovery, a culture which was now shared by government-office holders and sophisticated clergymen.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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