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The technique seen in the clergyman also hasn’t been reported in scientific literature before, Nerlich added.
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Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
The clergymen’s colors signaled their rank, and a seating chart could reveal which dignitary or humble believer sat where.
—Alan Yuhas, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
If clergymen are defrocked and lawyers are disbarred, then alcoholics are delivered, hairdressers are distressed, and pornographers are deluded.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025
Kirchner had, a year earlier, backed sanctions for clergymen who publicly opposed the government’s human rights policies, including his decision to annul laws pardoning dictatorship-era atrocities.
—Federico Perelmuter, The Dial, 13 Mar. 2025
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Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
The clergymen’s colors signaled their rank, and a seating chart could reveal which dignitary or humble believer sat where.
—Alan Yuhas, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
If clergymen are defrocked and lawyers are disbarred, then alcoholics are delivered, hairdressers are distressed, and pornographers are deluded.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025
Kirchner had, a year earlier, backed sanctions for clergymen who publicly opposed the government’s human rights policies, including his decision to annul laws pardoning dictatorship-era atrocities.
—Federico Perelmuter, The Dial, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Clergyman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clergyman. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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clergyman
noun
cler·gy·man
ˈklər-ji-mən 
: a member of the clergy
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