English-Czech translations for clergy

• duchovenstvo
  Během druhé světové války tam Němci a Rusové vyvraždili v první řadě inteligenci, profesory, duchovenstvo. During World War II the Germans and the Russians murdered there, in the first instance, the intelligentsia, the professors, the clergy.
  Ekumenický patriarchát má omezená práva školit duchovenstvo a svobodně si volit ekumenického patriarchu. The Ecumenical Patriarchate has limited rights to train clergy and freely elect the Ecumenical Patriarch.
  Jiná náboženství než islám doposud nemohou otvírat a provozovat místa pro bohoslužby, obracet lidi na víru, vytvářet duchovenstvo nebo nabýt právní subjektivity. To this day, religions other than Islam cannot open and operate places of worship, proselytise, form a clergy or have a legal personality.

Definition of clergy

• Body of persons, such as ministers, sheiks, priests and rabbis, who are trained and ordained for religious service

Examples

• Today we brought together clergy from the Wiccan, Christian, New Age and Islamic traditions for an interfaith dialogue.

Related words

• clergyman
• clergywoman
• clergyperson
• the clergy
• regular clergy
• the clergy of a parish