Clergy and Priest

Clergy

Clergy noun - The group ordained to perform clerical functions in the Christian church.

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Priest and clergy are semantically related in person topic. In some cases you can use "Priest" instead a noun "Clergy", when it comes to topics like religion.

Nearby Words: clerical, cleric

Priest

Priest noun - A person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church.

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Clergy and priest are semantically related in person topic. You can use "Clergy" instead a noun "Priest", if it concerns topics such as religion.

Nearby Words: priestly, priesthood, priestess

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human	human clergy	human priest
old	old clergy	old priest
polish	polish clergy	polish priest
complete	complete clergy	complete priest
Other adjectives: dead, corrupt, powerful, real, dark, innocent, catholic, Christian, local, militant, roman, english.

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A similar example was Father Hugh O'Flaherty, an Irish priest at the Vatican who, along with a few other clergy members, hid thousands of Jews and escaped POWs in the Vatican and on church property.

Source: Diplomatic Impunity
Cardinal Richelieu (in the play and in Real Life): priest, clergy, politician, soldier, philosopher, playwright and Magnificent Bastard.

Source: Renaissance Man
In a similar joke in an earlier episode, Father Maxi, the town's priest, travels to Rome to attend a conference on what to do about the problem of child molesters in the clergy.

Source: Not Cheating Unless You Get Caught

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