the cloth
noun
: Christian priests and ministers : clergy
He has great respect for the cloth.
He is a man of the cloth.
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The museum is located in the medieval basement of the Palazzo Spini Feroni, built by the cloth merchant and banker Geri Spini.
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Jane Levere, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2026
The researchers, who posted their work to the preprint website bioRxiv, used preliminary methods to match genetic sequences found on the cloth to species of plants and animals.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2026
English told police the cloth was soaked in hand sanitizer.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
Rinse the cloth and repeat the process until the surface is free of grease and the baking soda paste.
—Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 16 Mar. 2026
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Jane Levere, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2026
The researchers, who posted their work to the preprint website bioRxiv, used preliminary methods to match genetic sequences found on the cloth to species of plants and animals.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2026
English told police the cloth was soaked in hand sanitizer.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
Rinse the cloth and repeat the process until the surface is free of grease and the baking soda paste.
—Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 16 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for the cloth
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“The cloth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20cloth. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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