All the clergy are against the new law.
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Clergy
//ˈklɜːdʒi//
Synonyms for "clergy" (5 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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11 entriesTranslations
63 translations across 41 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- إكْلِيرُوس noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Belarusian
1 entries- духаве́нства noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Bulgarian
2 entries- духове́нство noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
- клир noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 圣职者 noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
- 神職人員 /神职人员 noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
- 聖職者 /圣职者 noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Czech
1 entries- duchovenstvo noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Dutch
2 entries- clerus noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
- geestelijkheid noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Esperanto
2 entries- ekleziularo noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
- pastraro noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Finnish
1 entries- papisto noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
French
1 entries- clergé noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Galician
1 entries- clero noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Georgian
1 entries- სამღვდელოება noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
German
2 entries- Geistlichkeit noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
- Klerus noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Greek
2 entries- ιερατείο noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
- κλήρος noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Hungarian
1 entries- papság noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Irish
1 entries- cléir noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Italian
1 entries- clero noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Japanese
1 entries- 聖職者 noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Kazakh
2 entries- дін басы noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
- діни адам noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Korean
1 entries- 성직자 noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- klerus noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Macedonian
3 entries- клер noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
- клир noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
- свештенство noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Maltese
1 entries- kleru noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Manx
1 entries- clere noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- geistlighet noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
- presteskap noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- presteskap noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Old French
2 entries- clergie noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
- clergie noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Polish
2 entries- duchowieństwo noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
- kler noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Portuguese
1 entries- clero noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Romanian
1 entries- cler noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Russian
1 entries- духове́нство noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- clèir noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kler noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
- svećenstvo noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
- sveštenstvo noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
- клер noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Slovak
1 entries- duchovenstvo noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Slovene
2 entries- duhovščina noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
- kler noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Spanish
1 entries- clero noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Swedish
1 entries- prästerskap noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Tagalog
1 entries- klero noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Ukrainian
2 entries- духове́нство noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
- причт noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- klerus noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Vietnamese
3 entries- hàng giáo sĩ noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
- tăng lữ noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
- tư tế noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Welsh
1 entries- clerigaeth noun (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)
Sample sentences
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Bishops, archbishops and abbots composed the high clergy.
Source: tatoeba (2886433)
For the first time in the history of the Catholic Church, bishops from around the world have been meeting at the Vatican to confront the issue of the sexual abuse of children by clergy.
Source: tatoeba (7787673)
An ecumenical council is a general worldwide conference of any church’s clergy and theologians who meet together, with the goal of agreeing on doctrines and practices.
Source: tatoeba (9584956)
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