Clergy definition

Clergy means any regularly licensed or ordained minister, priest, or rabbi of any church or religious denomination, whether acting in an individual capacity or as an employee or agent of any public or private organization or institution.
Clergy means any regularly licensed or ordained minister,
Clergy means ministers, priests, rabbis, imams, or similar functionaries, by whatever name called, of a bona fide religious organization.

Examples of Clergy in a sentence

  • A Church Representative/Religious or Clergy reference is defined as a Parish Priest, Bishop or member of a religious order.

  • The disciplinary rules and procedures applicable to your office are contained in the Clergy Discipline Measure 2003 and the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963.

  • THANK YOU Continuing Lay Training would like to thank Clergy Development for granting permission to modify and adapt their course of study materials for our educational purposes.

  • For further details, see The Parochial Expenses of the Clergy: a guide to their reimbursement, published by the Central Stipends Authority, and available from the Church of England website.

  • A Church representative/Religious or Clergy reference is defined as a Parish Priest, Bishop or member of a religious order.


More Definitions of Clergy

Clergy means a minister of a religion.
Clergy means any regularly licensed or ordained
Clergy means persons ordained for religious duties.
Clergy means any persons ordained – bishops, priests, and deacons – who administer the rites of the Catholic Church.
Clergy. - shall mean all priests and deacons who have faculties of the diocese.
Clergy and “members of the clergy” means bishops, priests and deacons of the Anglican Communion.
Clergy means Bishops, Priests, and Deacons canonically resident in this Diocese. “Clerk” is another name for the office of the Secretary of a Vestry or a College Chapel.