noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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senior
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He tried to persuade senior clerics to issue an edict allowing him to kill President Mohammad Khatami.
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They say senior clerics conspired with high-ranking intelligence officials to carry out the murders.
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In addition, there were differences within the circle of senior clerics .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Also patron of clerics, diplomats, messengers, postal workers, radio workers, telecommunications workers, and television workers.
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As for the clerics, they get five minutes every morning on the radio while most people are asleep.
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But her smile died as the cleric went on.
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Sometimes the clerics among them met separately from the laymen.
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The average age in the new chamber will be 15 years younger than in the outgoing body, with many fewer clerics.
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The two clerics brightened up, and accepted a whisky each.
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They say senior clerics conspired with high-ranking intelligence officials to carry out the murders.