as in clergies
the group ordained to perform clerical functions in the Christian church
a long history of conflict between that nation's spiritualty and its temporal leaders
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churches
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Divisions have widened so sharply over recent decades that some national churches stopped participating in Anglican Communion gatherings.—
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Postwar Black churches, as Du Bois understood, represented the heart of Black efforts to secure social, political, and religious equality.—
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“Spiritualties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiritualties. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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