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Meaning of Clergy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

ˈklɜːdʒi

Definitions

Body of persons, such as priests, who are trained and ordained for religious service.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

العربية إكْلِيرُوس رجال الدين

Беларуская духавенства

Čeština duchovenstvo kněžstvo

Deutsch Geistlichkeit Klerisei Klerus

Ελληνικά ιερατείο κλήρος

Español clero

Suomi papisto

Français clergé

Magyar papság

Bahasa Indonesia klerus

Italiano clero

日本語聖職者

ქართული სამღვდელოება

한국어 성직자

Македонски клер свештенство

Nederlands clerus geestelijkheid

Polski duchowieństwo kler

Português clero

Română cler

Русский духовенство

ไทย สงฆ์

Tagalog klero

Українська духове́нство причт

Tiếng Việt tăng lữ tử tế

Examples

“Today we brought together clergy from the Anglican, Catholic, Orthodox, and Reformed traditions for ecumenical dialogue.”

“Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.”

“After years of debate, hundreds of United Methodists from all over the world gathered in St. Louis last week to settle the denomination’s stance on LGBT clergy and same-sex weddings.”

CEFR level

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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Meaning of Clergy | Babel Free

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