noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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catholic
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The concern of Roman catholic clergy about the system was not without grounds.
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The Catholic clergy is sincere in its opposition to all abortion, by whatever procedure.
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The Catholic clergy became more exclusive as the Gregorian Reform was accomplished.
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It was the corruption of the Roman Catholic clergy in medieval times that paved the way for the Reformation.
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At all large services of a community nature he tried to ensure that both Protestant and Catholic clergy took part.
high
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The papal reform tended to drive a wedge between the educated, celibate higher clergy , and the rank and file.
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Moreover, some of the riots were incited by local High Church clergy and gentry.
local
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He was asking local people for money and also approached local clergy .
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A single nun, working in an unorthodox manner in the slums, made some of the local clergy distinctly uncomfortable.
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The saintly Vicar of Keyingham, Philip of Beverley, who did much for local clergy , was venerated as a saint.
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Moreover, some of the riots were incited by local High Church clergy and gentry.
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A January Party report in Roslavl' noted with glee that the local clergy were divided, even before the February decree.
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He was welcomed by the local clergy and a great number of other leading figures in the community.
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Parents, teachers, and local clergy are campaigning to have the decision reversed.
low
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The role of defending the Church was assumed by the lower clergy , their chief spokesman being Francis Atterbury.
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The household of the skilled potter became in income terms the equal of that of the lower clergy .
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Thus the liberalism of 1808 could hope for the support of the intelligent lower clergy .
roman
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The concern of Roman catholic clergy about the system was not without grounds.
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It was the corruption of the Roman Catholic clergy in medieval times that paved the way for the Reformation.
senior
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The policy of Decius's successor Valerian was to execute bishops and senior clergy so as to leave the Church leaderless.
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I think the idea was that a senior clergy should keep an eye on him, help him and so on.
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Theodora watched the senior clergy failing to respond.
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In recent years, the Kirk's senior clergy have consistently attacked Tory policies.
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parish
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All authority, both of chapter and parish clergy derives from the bishop.
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The parish clergy had to give up their concubines and accept a higher degree of accountability for performance of their duties.
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Very high among Innocent III's ambitions was the improvement of the parish clergy .
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Other monks of the house became parish clergy .
wife
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Wives shouldn't talk thus about their husbands, she thought resentfully, especially when they were clergy wives.
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We simply do not have the structures or the resources to give proper pastoral care to clergy wives .
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Between 60 and 70 percent of Salisbury's clergy wives now work, and the church hierarchy encourages them to.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But while they defended against outsiders, a new enemy came from their own clergy ranks.
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He sets the clergy against each other in rivalry for his favours.
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In 1294-7, it has been calculated, the laity and clergy together yielded £280,000 in direct taxes to the king.
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It also provided approximately 40% of the stipends and housing costs of the 11,500 serving clergy .
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It was the corruption of the Roman Catholic clergy in medieval times that paved the way for the Reformation.
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Praise will be led by the clergy and choir of Holywood Parish Church.
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The saintly Vicar of Keyingham, Philip of Beverley, who did much for local clergy , was venerated as a saint.