All 10 Uses of
clergy
in
Angels & Demons
- Someone in the clergy.†
Chpt 35-36 *
- The clergy has gone.†
Chpt 35-36
- In the 1600s the clergy were some of the most educated men in the world.†
Chpt 45-46
- I suppose Galileo could have created some sort of mathematical code that went unnoticed by the clergy.†
Chpt 49-50
- The clergy felt, and perhaps rightly so, that the last thing Christians needed to know was that there was a very powerful anti-Christian movement infiltrating their banks, politics, and universities.†
Chpt 49-50
- Not even …. the clergy.†
Chpt 53-54
- Langdon recognized it as the standard porta sacra-a private entrance for clergy.†
Chpt 63-64
- The clergy vigilantly refilled the lamps with sacred oils such that no lamp ever burned out.†
Chpt 89-90
- According to accounts from the select few clergy who had descended over the years, the Necropolis was a dark maze of subterranean crypts that could swallow a visitor whole if he lost his way.†
Chpt 117-118
- The clergy were frightened.†
Chpt 133-134
Definition:
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(clergy) formal religious leaders (typically in Christianity)editor's notes: Clergy is typically used in reference to Christian churches; however, clerics (members of the clergy) are referred to in different ways for different denominations. A Catholic priest is the equivalent of a Protestant minister. A pastor is any Christian cleric in charge of a congregation or parish. The clergy is distinguished from the laity.