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1. Clergy: Clergy are formal leaders within established religions. Their roles and functions vary in different religious traditions, but usually involve presiding over specific rituals and teaching their religion's doctrines and practices. (Formal leaders within established religions) [100%] 2024-01-03 [Clergy] [Religious terminology]...
2. Clergy: Clergy, a collective term signifying in English strictly the body of “clerks,” i. The word has, however, undergone sundry modifications of meaning. senses of “clerkship” and “learning” have long since fallen obsolete. [100%] 2022-09-02
3. Clergy: Clergy are formal leaders within established religions. Their roles and functions vary in different religious traditions, but usually involve presiding over specific rituals and teaching their religion's doctrines and practices. (Social) [100%] 2023-12-03 [Religious terminology] [Religious occupations]...
4. Clergy Reserves: By the act of 1791, establishing the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, the British government set apart one-eighth of all the crown lands for the support of “a Protestant clergy. These reservations, after being for many years a ... [70%] 2022-09-02
5. Clergy Project: The Clergy Project is an online community that exists to provide a safe haven for members of the clergy who do not believe in the supernatural. It was formed largely in response to a research project undertaken by Daniel Dennett ... [70%] 2024-01-01 [Apostate organisations]
6. Clergy Reserves: The Clergy Reserves were huge tracts of public land in Upper and Lower Canada that were set aside for the future use of Protestant clergy. They were established under the Constitutional Act of 1791 and amounted to one seventh of ... [70%] 2023-07-06 [Canadian History]
7. Clergy Letter Project: The Clergy Letter Project is an open-letter project undersigned by a collection of Christian clergy members who oppose the teaching of creationism in schools. The project was started in 2004, and as of August 2013, has collected 12,865 ... [57%] 2023-02-05 [Creationism] [Liberalism]...
8. Clergy Letter Project: The Clergy Letter Project is a project that maintains statements in support of the teaching of evolution and collects signatures in support of letters from American Christian, Jewish, Unitarian Universalist, Buddhist, and Humanist clergy. The letters make reference to points ... (Project in support of evolution) [57%] 2023-12-10 [2004 establishments in Washington (state)] [Criticism of creationism]...
9. Clergy Letter Project: The Clergy Letter Project is a project that maintains statements in support of the teaching of evolution and collects signatures in support of letters from United States Christian, Jewish, Unitarian Universalist, Buddhist, and Humanist clergy. The letters make reference to ... (Organization) [57%] 2023-12-22 [Religion and science] [Science advocacy organizations]...
10. The Clergy Project: The Clergy Project (TCP) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that provides peer support to current and former religious leaders who no longer believe in a god or other supernatural elements. The group's focus is to ... (Organization) [57%] 2023-12-10 [Atheism in the United States] [Atheist organizations]...
11. Combatant Clergy Association: The Combatant Clergy Association (Persian: جامعه روحانیت مبارز, romanized: Jâme'e-ye Ruhâniat-e Mobârez) is a politically active group in Iran, but not a political party in the traditional sense. It has never been registered as a political party; however, it acts ... [57%] 2023-12-10 [1977 establishments in Iran] [Principlist political groups in Iran]...
12. Clergy Letter Project: The Clergy Letter Project is an organization set up to maintain an open letter on the subject of the creation vs. evolution debate. [57%] 2023-12-10 [Creationism] [Evolution]...
13. The Dirty Clergy: The Dirty Clergy is a garage rock/pop band from Winfield, Alabama, whose music has been described as vintage rock, indie rock, and "indie rock pop'n'roll". Their music recalls '50s and early '60s rock 'n' roll, while also ... (American pop rock band) [57%] 2023-12-10 [Musical groups established in 2009] [Indie rock musical groups from Alabama]...
14. House of Clergy: The House of Clergy is the middle house in the tricameral Church of England General Synod legislature. It consists of representatives of the ordained clergy of the Church of England. (Middle house in the tricameral Church of England General Synod legislature) [57%] 2024-03-31 [Church of England ecclesiastical polity]
15. Clergy Marriage Act 1551: The Clergy Marriage Act 1551 (5 & 6 Edw 6 c 12) was an Act of the Parliament of England. The whole Act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 1 of, and Part II of the Schedule to, the ... (Social) [50%] 2023-12-10 [Marriage law]
16. Clergy Marriage Act 1548: The Clergy Marriage Act 1548 (2 & 3 Edw 6 c 21) was an Act of the Parliament of England. Part of the English Reformation, it abolished the prohibition on marriage of priests within the Church of England. (Social) [50%] 2023-12-11 [Marriage law]
17. Submission of the Clergy: The Submission of the Clergy was a process by which the Catholic Church in England gave up their power to formulate church laws without the King's licence and assent. It was passed first by the Convocation of Canterbury in ... [50%] 2024-05-18 [English Reformation] [Acts of the Parliament of England still in force]...
18. Without Benefit of Clergy: Without Benefit of Clergy is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by James Young and featuring Virginia Brown Faire, Thomas Holding and Boris Karloff. It is based on the story by Rudyard Kipling. (1921 film) [50%] 2024-05-12 [1921 films] [1921 drama films]...
19. Orientations for the Chinese Clergy: Orientations for the Chinese Clergy is a June 28, 2019 document of the Holy See, published in full on the Feast of the Sacred Heart on the Vatican's official news site, that answers various questions – specifically, about conscience and ... (Religion) [44%] 2023-12-10 [Catholic theology and doctrine]
20. National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus: The National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus (NBCCC) is an organization of African-American clergy, religious, and seminarians within the Catholic Church. The group was founded in April 1968, shortly after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. (Catholic African-American organization) [44%] 2023-12-10 [African-American Roman Catholicism] [Catholic Church in the United States]...
21. Orientations for the Chinese Clergy: Orientations for the Chinese Clergy is a June 28, 2019 document of the Holy See, published in full on the Feast of the Sacred Heart on the Vatican's official news site, that answers various questions – specifically, about conscience and ... (Philosophy) [44%] 2022-06-05 [Catholic theology and doctrine]
22. Civil Constitution of the Clergy outline: The Civil Constitution of the Clergy (French: "Constitution civile du clergé") was a law passed on 12 July 1790 during the French Revolution , that caused the immediate subordination of the Catholic Church in France to the French government. The following outline ... (Religion) [40%] 2023-12-10 [Outlines of religions]
23. Submission of the Clergy Act 1533: The Submission of the Clergy Act 1533 (25 Hen. 8. [40%] 2024-06-09 [Acts of the Parliament of England (1485–1603)] [1533 in law]...
24. Appeal of the Clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church for Reconciliation and an End to War: in 2022, 233 priests and deacons from the Moscow Patriarchate have collectively petitioned Patriarch Kirill for reconciliation and an immediate ceasefire in the Ukrainian war. The appeal, timed just after the Sunday of the Last Judgement, emphasized the inevitability of ... [25%] 2024-02-19 [History of Russia] [Events in Moscow]...
25. Canon (clergy): A canon (from the Latin canonicus, itself derived from the Greek κανονικός, kanonikós, "relating to a rule", "regular") is a member of certain bodies in subject to an ecclesiastical rule. Originally, a canon was a cleric living with others in a ... (Clergy) [70%] 2023-11-18 [Ecclesiastical titles] [Catholic ecclesiastical titles]...
26. Shia clergy: In Shi'a Islam the guidance of clergy (collectively called the ulema) and keeping such a structure holds a great importance. There are several branches of Shi'ism, of which Twelver Shi'ism is by far the largest, and each ... (Religion) [70%] 2024-01-19 [Shia Islam]
27. Regular clergy: Regular clergy, or just regulars, are clerics in the Catholic Church who follow a rule (Latin: regula) of life, and are therefore also members of religious institutes. Secular clergy are clerics who are not bound by a rule of life. (Clerics in the Catholic Church who follow a rule of life) [70%] 2024-01-19 [Major orders in the Catholic Church] [Catholic canon law of religious]...
28. Surrogate (clergy): A Surrogate (from Lat. surrogare, to substitute for), is the deputy of a bishop or an ecclesiastical judge, acting in the absence of his principal and strictly bound by the authority of the latter. (Clergy) [70%] 2023-12-10 [Ecclesiastical titles] [Christian religious occupations]...
29. Black clergy: Black clergy in the USA are not merely black members of the clergy but are seen as a political and social force. Largely Democratic, a few are conservative - and often persecuted by liberal blacks. [70%] 2023-06-22 [United States Politics] [Religious Leaders]...
30. Secular clergy: In Christianity, the term secular clergy refers to deacons and priests who are not monastics or otherwise members of religious life. Secular priests (sometimes known as diocesan priests) are priests who commit themselves to a certain geographical area and are ... (Religion) [70%] 2023-12-04 [Catholic ecclesiastical titles]
31. Regular clergy: Regular clergy, or just regulars, are clerics in the Catholic Church who follow a rule (Latin: regula) of life, and are therefore also members of religious institutes. Secular clergy are clerics who are not bound by a rule of life. (Religion) [70%] 2023-09-26 [Catholic ecclesiastical titles]
32. Regular clergy: Regular clergy, or just regulars, are clerics in the Catholic Church who follow a rule (Latin: regula) of life, and are therefore also members of religious institutes. Secular clergy are clerics who are not bound by a rule of life. (Clerics in the Catholic Church who follow a rule of life) [70%] 2024-03-05 [Major orders in the Catholic Church] [Catholic canon law of religious]...
33. Shia clergy: The Shia clergy are the religious leaders of Shia Islam. Shia Islam places great importance on the guidance of clergy, and each branch of Shi'ism maintains its own clerical structure. (Religious authorities in a branch of Islam) [70%] 2024-10-11 [Shia Islam] [Shia clerics]...
34. Clergy, Benefit Of: Clergy, Benefit Of, an obsolete but once very important feature in English criminal law. Benefit of clergy began with the claim on the part of the ecclesiastical authorities in the 12th century that every clericus should be exempt from the ... [57%] 2022-09-02
35. Benefit of clergy: After the Norman conquest of Britain in 1066, benefit of clergy allowed all who had tonsures or wore ecclesiastical dress to be tried for criminal offenses by ecclesiastical rather than secular courts. Before that, bishops sat beside secular officers in ... [57%] 2023-03-12 [Christianity] [Law]...