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Clergy (Topical Term)
- Clergy Major orders
- Clergy members
- Clergymen
- Diocesan clergy
- Ecclesiastics
- Indigenous clergy
- Major orders
- Members of the clergy
- Ministers (Clergy)
- Ministers of the gospel
- Earlier heading: Native clergy
- Ordained clergy
- Ordained ministers
- Orders, Major
- Pastors
- Rectors
- Secular clergy
- Broader heading: Religious leaders
The American Heritage dictionary of the English language, 4th ed., via WWW, Nov. 7, 2002 (clergy: The body of people ordained for religious service)
Random House Web. unabr. dict., c1997 (clergy: the group or body of ordained persons in a religion, as distinguished from the laity; clergyman: 1. a member of the clergy. 2. an ordained Christian minister)
Work cat: 2018370232: Cano Castillo, A. El clero secular en la diócesis de México (1519-1650), 2017: t.p. ([cataloger's translation] The secular clergy in the Diocese of Mexico (1519-1650))
Merriam-Webster unabridged, via WWW, viewed May 13, 2019 (ecclesiastic, noun: a person in holy orders or consecrated to the service of the church: clergyman, priest)
Work cat: 2018370232: Cano Castillo, A. El clero secular en la diócesis de México (1519-1650), 2017: t.p. ([cataloger's translation] The secular clergy in the Diocese of Mexico (1519-1650))
Concise Oxford dictionary of world religions, 2003, via WWW, viewed May 13, 2019 (Secular clergy: Christian priests who live in the world (Lat., saeculum), as distinguished from members of religious communities who live according to a rule ('regular clergy'). They are not bound by vows and may possess property, and they owe obedience to their bishops)