Clergy definition

Clergy means any regularly licensed or ordained minister,
Clergy means any regularly licensed or ordained minister, priest, or rabbi of any church or religious denomination, whether acting in an individual capacity or as an employee or agent of any public or private organization or institution.
Clergy means ministers, priests, rabbis, imams, or similar functionaries, by whatever name called, of a bona fide religious organization.

Examples of Clergy in a sentence

  • Clergy can be pulled in several directions by very vocal, strong-willed people.

  • The pandemic made shifting ministry to the internet imperative, so many of the theoretical questions about whether the church should be on the internet evaporated overnight, and suddenly we found ourselves forced to be 2 “Clergy Compensation Report.” 3 “Moving From Full-Time to Part-Time Clergy Leadership: A Complex and Often Difficult Time for a Congregation…but Might There Be an Opportunity?” there, with no preparation or forethought in most instances.


More Definitions of Clergy

Clergy means a minister of a religion.
Clergy means any regularly licensed or ordained
Clergy means persons ordained for religious duties.
Clergy means any persons ordained – bishops, priests, and deacons – who administer the rites of the Catholic Church.
Clergy. - shall mean all priests and deacons who have faculties of the diocese.
Clergy and “members of the clergy” means bishops, priests and deacons of the Anglican Communion.
Clergy means Bishops, Priests, and Deacons canonically resident in this Diocese. “Clerk” is another name for the office of the Secretary of a Vestry or a College Chapel.