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In 1781, a French clergyman named Antoine Court de Gébelin claimed to have discovered the ancient Book of Thoth while attending a stylish salon in Paris.
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Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
One of the key details revealed in the emails, according to the reports, was from a Saints team spokesman who briefed his boss on a 2018 call with the city’s top prosecutor hours before the church released a list of clergymen accused of abuse.
—Mark Puleo, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
Among the key moments, as revealed in the Saints’ own emails:
— Saints executives were so involved in the church’s damage control that a team spokesman briefed his boss on a 2018 call with the city’s top prosecutor hours before the church released a list of clergymen accused of abuse.
—Brett Martel, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
The brutality shocked a nation previously unused to this level of violence, especially as those responsible were Shiite clergymen, men of God.
—Kasra Naji, Foreign Affairs, 17 Aug. 2016
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Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
One of the key details revealed in the emails, according to the reports, was from a Saints team spokesman who briefed his boss on a 2018 call with the city’s top prosecutor hours before the church released a list of clergymen accused of abuse.
—Mark Puleo, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
Among the key moments, as revealed in the Saints’ own emails:
— Saints executives were so involved in the church’s damage control that a team spokesman briefed his boss on a 2018 call with the city’s top prosecutor hours before the church released a list of clergymen accused of abuse.
—Brett Martel, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
The brutality shocked a nation previously unused to this level of violence, especially as those responsible were Shiite clergymen, men of God.
—Kasra Naji, Foreign Affairs, 17 Aug. 2016
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“Clergyman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clergyman. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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clergyman
noun
cler·gy·man
ˈklər-ji-mən 
: a member of the clergy
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