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Clergy vs Spiritualty - What's the difference?

clergy | spiritualty |

As nouns the difference between clergy and spiritualty

is that clergy is body of persons, such as ministers, sheiks, priests and rabbis, who are trained and ordained for religious service while spiritualty is (obsolete) the state or fact of being spiritual; holiness, spirituality.

clergy

English

Noun

(clergies)
  • Body of persons, such as ministers, sheiks, priests and rabbis, who are trained and ordained for religious service.
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    Today we brought together clergy from the Wiccan, Christian, New Age and Islamic traditions for an interfaith dialogue.

    Derived terms

    * clergyman

    Related terms

    * cleric * clerical * clerk

    References

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    spiritualty

    English

    Noun

    (spiritualties)
  • (obsolete) The state or fact of being spiritual; holiness, spirituality.
  • Collectively, the authorities of spiritual matters; the clergy.