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Definition of Clergymen
1. clergyman [n] - See also: clergyman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clergymen
Literary usage of Clergymen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sketches of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of Secession: With a Narrative by William Gannaway Brownlow (1862)
"Secession clergymen, roused by the excitement of the war, have brought reproach
upon religion, in many portions of the South, both by the bitterness of ..."
2. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, James Nichols (1842)
"Others ascribed it to the king's necessity : the war engrossing the main of his
men of merit; so that he was necessitated to make use of clergymen. ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1843)
"SCHOOL FOR SONS OF clergymen. This institution, established at Marl- ... Two thirds
of the pupils are to be sons of clergymen, and one third sons of laymen. ..."
4. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett (1816)
"So these clergymen, in this solemn absolution, made an open declara- irc-n of
their allowing and justifying these per- мая in all they had been concerned in ..."
5. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"The round wig, till lately worn by bishops, was at one time the usual head-dress
of clergymen of any standing; witness old portraits and the prints of Dr. ..."
6. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1874)
"Besides, clergymen who have purchased livings sometimes find out that if they
had gone into a diocese, and worked hard as a curate, they would have ..."
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