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Clergy

Clergy are leaders within established religions. Their roles and functions vary in different religious traditions, but usually involve presiding over specific rituals and teaching their religion's doctrines and practices.

Etymology, Buddhism & Christianity

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Etymology

Buddhism

Christianity

Hinduism

Islam

Ahmadiyya

Judaism

Sikhism

Zoroastrianism

Traditional religions

Health risks for ministry in the United States

Clergy in general

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Clergy

Nodes350
Edges349
Triples405
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.005714
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Clergy

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related to Clergy in general · 89
Clergy → African History, Alan, Allen, America, American, Aston, Blackwell, Bonnie Sue, Bremer, Brooks, Buddhist, Burns, Canon, Casemate Publishers, Christian, Clarendon Press, Counter-Reform, Covenant, Creating Christian Indians, Crisis
related to Buddhism · 45
Clergy → According, Again, An Lushan Rebellion, As, BC, BCE, Buddha, Buddhism, Buddhist, Burma, Cambodia, Ch'an, Ch'an Buddhism, Chinese Confucian, Early Buddhist Schools, Emperor, Emperor Wuzong, For, Gautama Buddha, However
related to Female clergy · 40
Clergy → Amico, Bettye, Black Women Preachers, Christian, Church, Daughters, Early Church, Eleanor, Elizabeth, Feminist Theology, Fitzroy Dearborn, Flowers, II, Into, Liefeld, Linda, Maloney, Ministry, New Testament Times, New Theology Review
related to Etymology · 29
Clergy → Arabic, Clerk, Eastern Catholic Churches, Eastern Christianity, Eastern Church, Eastern Orthodox, Ecclesiastical Greek Klerikos, French, In, In Latin Catholicism, It, Late Latin, Latin, Latin Clericus, Lebanon, Levitical, Lord, Medieval Latin, Middle Ages, Minor Orders
related to Judaism · 28
Clergy → AD, All, Hebrew Bible, Israelite, Jerusalem, Jew, Jewish, Jewish Kohanim, Judaism, Kohanim, Kohen, Midrash, Mishnah, Orthodox Judaism, Pidyon, Rabbinic Judaism, Rabbis, Sadducees, Semicha, Since
related to External links · 25
Clergy → All Believers, Buddhist, Catholic Encyclopedia, Charles, Christian Clergy, Christian Ministers, Church Administration, Div, Explained, Herbermann, Jesus Christ, Latter Day Saints, Naropa University Archived, National Association, New York, Priesthood, Robert Appleton Company, Scholarly, Scripture, Supported
related to Latter-day Saints · 21
Clergy → Aaronic, Adult, Although, Below, Church, First Presidency, Generally, Jesus Christ, Latter-day Saints, LDS Church, Local, Locally, Melchizedek, Merely, No, President, The, The Church, Twelve Apostles, Wards
related to Catholic Church · 19
Clergy → Among, Antioch, Canon Law, Catholic Church, Christian, Christianity, Church, Congregation, Holy Orders, Ordained, Roman, Roman Catholic, Rome, Saint Ignatius, Secular, The, The Holy See, This, With
related to Orthodox Judaism · 19
Clergy → Although, Christian, English, Grand Rabbi, In, In Hasidic Judaism, Jewish, Ludmir, Maiden, Most Orthodox, Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Yeshivas, Rabbi, Rabbis, Rebbe, Rebbes, Since, The, Training
related to Health risks for ministry in the United States · 14
Clergy → American, American Muslim, Baptist, Episcopal, Evangelical, In, It, Jewish, Lutheran, Methodist, Protestant, Several, Their, United States

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priests ordained church bishops may religious deacons one priesthood priest catholic buddhist churches jewish also ministry ordination called orders judaism

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those of Reader in the Eastern Churchinstance ofand those who receive those orders are 'minor clerics.'The use of the word cleric is also appropriate for Eastern Orthodox minor clergy who are tonsured in order not to triviali…0.80text
or for those who are tonsured yet have no minor or major ordersinstance ofand those who receive those orders are 'minor clerics.'The use of the word cleric is also appropriate for Eastern Orthodox minor clergy who are tonsured in order not to triviali…0.80text
the An Lushan Rebellioninstance ofas well as in response to particular political developments0.80text
the Buddhist persecutions of Emperor Wuzonginstance ofas well as in response to particular political developments0.80text
Clergyrelated to AnglicanismIn Anglicanism0.60section
Clergyrelated to AnglicanismCanon0.60section
Clergyrelated to AnglicanismBishops0.60section
Clergyrelated to AnglicanismNew0.60section
Clergyrelated to AnglicanismThose0.60section
Clergyrelated to AnglicanismSince0.60section
Clergyrelated to AnglicanismAnglican0.60section
Clergyrelated to AnglicanismFor0.60section

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