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Definition of Clergyable

Clergyable
Clergyable Cler"gy*a*ble, a. Entitled to, or admitting, the benefit of clergy; as, a clergyable felony. --Blackstone.

Meaning of Clergyable from wikipedia

- Clergy are formal leaders within established religions. Their roles and functions vary in different religious traditions, but usually involve presiding...
- benefit of clergy evolved into a legal fiction in which first-time offenders could receive lesser sentences for some crimes (the so-called "clergyable" ones)...
- 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...
- The Clergy Project (TCP) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that provides peer support to current and former religious leaders who...
- In Christianity, the term secular clergy refers to deacons and priests who are not monastics or otherwise members of religious life. Secular priests (sometimes...
- 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 Shi'a Islam the guidance of clergy (collectively called the ulema) and keeping such a structure holds great importance. There are several branches of...
- 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...
- for the Clergy, formerly named Congregation for the Clergy (Latin: Congregatio pro Clericis; formerly the Sacred Congregation for the Clergy and Sacred...
- 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...