clergyman
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One character we haven’t cracked as successfully as our U.K. cousins, however, is the clergyman detective — odd, given our culture’s puritanical bent.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2026
"They not only want to destroy us physically, but they first and foremost want to erase our memory," the clergyman, with a long grey-and-white beard, said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
The sermon was given by Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe, a senior Catholic clergyman, who spoke of the importance of rejecting intolerance and and the "massive persecution of Christians in so many places".
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
It turns out that each of them has some tangled history with the deceased clergyman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
And he goes on to report a test where the unguent was applied by a sceptical clergyman, so that there could be no suspicion of either cheating or demonic involvement.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
It was an unusual mission for Avraamiy, whose days are usually filled with intoning prayers, counseling his flock and leading the clergymen from the Orthodox Church of Ukraine at the monastery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
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
Safronov was among the clergymen who signed a public letter calling for the remains to be returned to his family.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
When I was a boy, amaMfengu were the most advanced section of the community and furnished our clergymen, policemen, teachers, clerks, and interpreters.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Vocabulary lists containing clergyman
"The Red Shoes" by Hans Christian Andersen
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Adventures of Don Quixote
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Vocabulary from Readings 5, Unit 4
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