Vocabulary
Clergy
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the body of all people ordained for religious duties, especially in the Christian Church.
Urdu meaning
اہل کلیسا، پادری
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- It will feature government representatives, and Muslim clerics as well as clergy representing Pakistan`s minorities.
- Yet, the reaction from religious hardliners and segments of the clergy suggests that the path ahead will be turbulent.
- Feudal-tribal forces were used with the helped of a re-empowered bureaucracy and a compliant clergy to atomise society into castes, clans, tribes and sects.
- But the Catholic clergy or at least segments of it have acknowledged the need for internal reform.
- Pakistan`s clergy largely defends the patriarchalstatus quo.
Synonyms
clergymen, clergywomen, churchmen, churchwomen, clerics, priests, ecclesiastics, men/women of God.
Curator example
“all marriages were to be solemnized by the clergy”
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