Both Uses
clergy
in
A Day No Pigs Would Die
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- She was looking clean as clergy.
Chpt 3 *clergy = religious leaders
- Them two living under the same roof, without benefit of clergy.†
Chpt 9
Definitions:
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(1)
(clergy) formal religious leaders (typically in Christianity)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.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)