as in priest
a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church
clerics were sharply divided on the issue of whether the war was morally justified
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Accusations that emerged earlier against McCarrick, who served as the archbishop of Newark and Washington, D.C., helped fuel the latest wave of the abuse crisis in 2018, along with disclosures from a Pennsylvania grand jury showing hundreds of abusive clerics in that state.
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Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Robert Herguth, Chicago Sun-Times, Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
Hezbollah was led by Islamic cleric Hassan Nasrallah from 1992 until September of this year when he was killed in an Israeli Air Force strike on the terrorist group’s headquarters in Beirut.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Oct. 2024
Founded by South Korean cleric David Jang in 2000, the university remains the subject of a labor trafficking and visa fraud probe by Homeland Security Investigations and could face charges, according to agency emails.
—Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
With the cleric’s support, messages from the mosque emphasized the importance of the Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccine and urged parents to ensure their children were fully vaccinated.
—Unicef Usa, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Robert Herguth, Chicago Sun-Times, Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
Hezbollah was led by Islamic cleric Hassan Nasrallah from 1992 until September of this year when he was killed in an Israeli Air Force strike on the terrorist group’s headquarters in Beirut.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Oct. 2024
Founded by South Korean cleric David Jang in 2000, the university remains the subject of a labor trafficking and visa fraud probe by Homeland Security Investigations and could face charges, according to agency emails.
—Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
With the cleric’s support, messages from the mosque emphasized the importance of the Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccine and urged parents to ensure their children were fully vaccinated.
—Unicef Usa, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Cleric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleric. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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