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Definition of Clergy

Clergy The body of men set apart, by due ordination, to the service of God, in the Christian church, in distinction from the laity; in England, usually restricted to the ministers of the Established Church. Learning; also, a learned profession. The privilege or benefit of clergy. Related Definitions: Also, Apart, Benefit, Body, By, Christian, Church, Clergy, Distinction, Due, Established, From, God, In, Laity, Learned, Learning, Men, Of, Or, Ordination, Privilege, Profession, Restricted, Service, Set, The, To

Clergy Quotations Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense. Voltaire A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism. Carl Sagan If the liberties of the American people are ever destroyed, they will fall by the hands of the clergy. Marquis de Lafayette It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation. Jane Austen I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution. Jonathan Swift

Clergy Translations clergy in German is Geistliche clergy in Spanish is clero

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