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Clergy are formal leaders within established religions. Their roles and functions vary in different religious traditions, but usually involve presiding over specific rituals and teaching their religion's doctrines and practices.
A pectoral cross or pectorale (from the Latin pectoralis, "of the chest ") is a cross that is worn on the chest, usually suspended from the neck by a cord or chain. In ancient history and the Middle Ages, pectoral crosses were worn by both clergy and laity.
Clergy, a body of ordained ministers in a Christian church. In the Roman Catholic Church and in the Church of England, the term includes the orders of bishop, priest, and deacon. Until 1972, in the Roman Catholic Church, clergy also included several lower orders.
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Clergy is the name for people who are leaders in their religious community. Their roles and functions vary, but usually they preside over specific rituals. They are also experts, and help establish the doctrines of their faith.
1. : a group ordained to perform pastoral or sacerdotal functions in a Christian church. Members of the clergy have been invited to participate in an interfaith service. 2. : the official or sacerdotal class of a non-Christian religion. Buddhist clergy. Synonyms. church. cloth. first estate. ministry. spirituality. spiritualty.
noun. /ˈklərdʒi/ the clergy [plural] the priests or ministers of a religion, especially of the Christian Church All the local clergy were asked to attend the ceremony. The new proposals affect both clergy and laity. Topic Collocations compare laity. Take your English to the next level.
clergy consists of the priest, ministers and pastors of Christian churches. In the medieval church this term referred to both regular priest who were monks subject to a rule (regula) of a monastic order and secular Of the world in contrast to the divine.
