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- noun An
ordained (male or female)Christian minister , a (male orfemale member of theclergy .
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Examples
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The arguments against wearing clericals involve — insofar as I understand them — the implied claim that a clergyperson is someone special.
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So I would say that just calling someone who is a female clergyperson wouldn't necessarily guarantee that you wouldn't end up with a predator, but I'd hope that you would call a female clergy on their own merits.
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Further, the clergyperson is potentially at the beck and call of the government in this role.
Tony Jones: The Church Should Stay Out Of The Marriage Business Tony Jones 2011
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And most problematic, from my perspective, is that the clergyperson, with the stroke of a pen, makes legal a contract that s/he has no ability or potential to end.
Tony Jones: The Church Should Stay Out Of The Marriage Business Tony Jones 2011
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When I talk to pastors and priests about this, almost all of them express extreme discomfort at this situation, for it actually requires the clergyperson to act as an extension of the state.
Tony Jones: The Church Should Stay Out Of The Marriage Business Tony Jones 2011
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ED: Well, my question is for congregations that are searching for a new clergyperson, they have search committees or things like that, couldn't it be a way to avoid the heartache of clergy power abuse to call a female clergyman?
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Yes, but the clergyperson has the right to refuse to officiate.
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And any rabbi, any clergyman, clergyperson, has to be keenly aware of that bright line between what they do for a living and who they are.
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For days after, I was haunted by the fact that as a clergyperson I had not turned back to help immediately after the towers had fallen.
Rabbi Michael M. Cohen: 10 Years Later, We Must Do Better Rabbi Michael M. Cohen 2011
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A clergyperson can enter into places where other people have to be invited.
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