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  • noun Plural form of clergy.

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Examples

  • The four presidential candidates were Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mehdi Karoubi, Mohsen Rezaie and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who had been approved by the Guardian Council, an unelected body of jurists and clergies.

    Shoar in Iran: The sounds from the street 2009

  • These young people who are being beaten in the streets of Tehran and other provinces, whose faces look stunned, Mr. Mousavi and fighting clergies who issue statements, think it is possible to protect the Republic and the people's votes.

    Iran Election Live-Blogging (Monday June 15) The Huffington Post News Team 2009

  • Separation of church and state in the US should dictate that it should leave marriage where it belongs – between people and/or their clergies, not something to be legislated.

    Frank slams Obama for 'big mistake' on Defense of Marriage Act (updated) 2009

  • These young people who are being beaten in the streets of Tehran and other provinces, whose faces look stunned, Mr. Mousavi and fighting clergies who issue statements, think it is possible to protect the Republic and the people's votes.

    Iran Election Live-Blogging (Monday June 15) The Huffington Post News Team 2009

  • A mind game that the churches and other religious clergies have thought up using the power of the bible.

    Is Hell a real place or a metaphor to deter evil-doers? 2008

  • With the additional handpicking of the newly selected members of the Islamic 'Majles,' the clergies have intensified their terror and war against the people of Iran and their insatiable appetite for another holocaust against the Jewish State, at all cost.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • With the additional handpicking of the newly selected members of the Islamic 'Majles,' the clergies have intensified their terror and war against the people of Iran and their insatiable appetite for another holocaust against the Jewish State, at all cost.

    The Iranian terror 2008

  • Commenting on Moslem clergies statements saying God will reward those with 70 virgins for killing Jews through jihad, Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury says, “I am a devote Muslim, and I know that my faith, my Koran does not award 70 virgins to those who murder children and seek to destroy the faith of our mutual prophet Moses—our Jewish cousins who preceded us in our journey of faith.”

    Archive 2008-04-01 Thatsnews 2008

  • When you heard of all these clergies reaping the church tithes.

    OpEdNews - Diary: Will The Real Christian Please Stand Up! 2008

  • Many clergies, including Montazeri, objected but the supreme leader was undettered.

    Elham Gheytanchi: Hardliner Repression of Iranians Online 2008

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