clergy

Noun

Meaning

The body of men set apart, by due ordination, to the service of God, in the Christian church, in distinction from the laity; in England, usually restricted to the ministers of the Established Church.

Learning; also, a learned profession.

The privilege or benefit of clergy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

priesthood holy orders clergymen churchmen ecclesiastics ministers priests minister reverend church ministry abbot parson shariah rabbinate
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Antonyms

laity parish layman temporality temporalty Believers
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Hypernyms

priesthood

Hyponyms

pastorate prelacy prelature

Phrases with the word

secular clergy concerning clergy member of the clergy clergy vocation clergy's work function of the clergy

Examples

A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism. Carl Sagan

If the liberties of the American people are ever destroyed, they will fall by the hands of the Romish clergy. Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation. Jane Austen

Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy. Irish Proverb

Don't be too friendly with the clergy and don't fall out with them. Irish Proverb

Seek the brave in prison and the stupid among the clergy. Russian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

clergiable clergial clergical clergy leader clergy vocation clergy's work