English-French translations for clergy

• calotte
• clergé
  Par ailleurs, la formation du clergé doit reprendre. Also, the training of clergy must resume.
  Nous sommes au courant de cas individuels - mais importants - de meurtres de membres du clergé chrétien - et pas seulement du clergé - en Turquie, en Syrie et au Pakistan. We know of individual cases - but they are still important - of the murder of Christian clergy - and not only clergy - in Turkey, Syria and Pakistan.
  C'est pourquoi elle a suscité une telle colère et agressivité parmi le clergé et les personnalités politiques de droite. This is why it has evoked such fury and aggression among the clergy and Right-wing politicians.

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