Noun
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 dictionaryA 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