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Clergy are
formal leaders within established religions.
Their roles and
functions vary in
different religious traditions, but
usually involve presiding...
- The
Clergy Project (TCP) is a
nonprofit organization based in the
United States that
provides peer
support to
current and
former religious leaders who...
- A
clergy house is the residence, or
former residence, of one or more
priests or
ministers of a
given religion.
Residences of this type can have a variety...
- In Shi'a
Islam the
guidance of
clergy (collectively
called the ulema) and
keeping such a
structure holds great importance.
There are
several branches of...
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Clergy reserves were
tracts of land in
Upper Canada and
Lower Canada reserved for the
support of "Protestant
clergy" by the
Constitutional Act 1791. One-seventh...
- In
English law, the
benefit of
clergy (Law Latin:
privilegium clericale) was
originally a
provision by
which clergymen accused of a
crime could claim that...
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government through the
Civil Constitution of the
Clergy. One of the new
requirements placed upon all
clergy was the
necessity of an oath of
loyalty to the...
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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...
- In Christianity, the term
secular clergy refers to
deacons and
priests who are not
monastics or
otherwise members of
religious life.
Secular priests (sometimes...
- The
ordination of ****, ****, bi****ual and/or
transgender (LGBT)
clergy who are open
about their ****uality or
gender identity; are ****ually
active if...
