clergy

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clergy 是什么意思

中文释义

n. 牧师, 僧侣, 神职人员

英文释义

n. in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity)

clergy 的真实例句

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 clergy 在自然语境里怎么用：

These controversial rulings have come as dioceses across the state are grappling with a decades-old, financially costly clergy abuse scandal.

—— Louisiana judge in abuse case belatedly recuses himself after ruling in favor of church on whose finance panel he sits

Casting contraception as a Christian concept was a remarkable—perhaps even radical—reformulation, and one to which the laity, as much as clergy and theologians, laid claim.

—— God Bless the Pill: Meet the Devout Catholic Who Invented Oral Contraception

In November, in another clergy abuse case involving the Lake Charles diocese’s St Joseph church, Canaday ruled against the arguments which had triumphed before Guidry.

—— Louisiana judge in abuse case belatedly recuses himself after ruling in favor of church on whose finance panel he sits

By late June, a mix of campaigners, clergy, physicians, lawyers, students and other advocates from Philadelphia, D.C., Baltimore and elsewhere were ready to take a stand.

—— A Young Black Girl Was the First to Desegregate a Maryland Carousel in the 1960s. Now, the Historic Merry-Go-Round Will Entertain Visitors on the National Mall

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