clergy是什么意思？

clergy

英[ˈklɜ:dʒi] 美[ˈklɜrdʒi]

• n. （尤指基督教堂内的）牧师，教士，〈废〉学问；

复数：clergies;

例句

• The clergy remain divided on the issue of women priests. 在女性教士的问题上, 牧师们意见不一。
• The large, redbrick vicarage was built in the days of more fecund clergy. 那幢牧师住的红砖大屋是个多子女的牧师在职时修建的.
• His book on the poverty of the clergy isn't favored reading in papal palaces. 他关于教士的贫穷的书在教皇的宫殿不受欢迎.
• They ran the three churches to which they belonged, the clergy, the choirs and the parishioners. 她们管理着自己所属的那三家教堂 、 牧师 、 唱诗班和教区居民.
• Some of the clergy refused to acknowledge the new king'slegitimacy. 一部分神职人员拒绝承认新国王的合法地位。
• ...firmly believing in the need for the clergy not to become preoccupied with temporal matters. 坚信神职人员必须不为世俗之事所牵绊
• Clergy and laity alike are divided in their views. 神职人员和信众同样都观点各异。
• These proposals met opposition from the clergy. 这些提案遭到神职人员的反对。
• Some of the clergy refused to acknowledge the new king's legitimacy. 一部分神职人员拒绝承认新国王的合法地位。

同义词

• n.
  clergy的同义词之：教士,牧师
  priests, ministers, clergymen, men, of, the, churchmen, ecclesiastics, cloth, prelates, clericals,
• clergy的同义词之：
  orders, the, cloth, holy, ministry, episcopacy, prelacy, priesthood, rabbinate, presbytery, pastorate, order,
  clergy的同义词之：其他释义
  church,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-PLURAL
  牧师;神职人员
  The clergy are the official leaders of the religious activities of a particular group of believers.
  例句
  These proposals met opposition from the clergy. 这些提案遭到神职人员的反对。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  (尤指基督教堂内的)牧师, 教士
  The clergy remain divided on the issue of women priests. 在女性教士的问题上, 牧师们意见不一。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity)