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Clergy vs Ecclesiastical - What's the difference?

clergy | ecclesiastical |

As a noun clergy

is body of persons, such as ministers, sheiks, priests and rabbis, who are trained and ordained for religious service.

As an adjective ecclesiastical is

of or pertaining to the church.

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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    ecclesiastical

    English

    Alternative forms

    * ecclesiasticall (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to the church
    • ecclesiastical architecture

    Related terms

    * antiecclesiastical * nonecclesiastical

    Synonyms

    * (l) * ecclesiastic (less common)

    See also

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