How to use "clergy" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "clergy" in popular movie and book plots

  • The hold of the clergy on education in schools and colleges is pointed out.  - Rocky Road to Dublin (film)
  • When they are unable to do so after discovering that the fire marshal was also invited to the party, the clergy decide to crash it.  - Hell on Earth 2006
  • Instead of parliamentary democracy, the English Isles are administered by a Convocation of clergy accountable to the Catholic hierarchy.  - The Alteration
  • As a result, more than 22 Catholic clergy and laity were falsely convicted of high treason and executed at Tyburn.  - Redmond O'Hanlon (outlaw)
  • Everyone in the city mourns for Ilista, as she was unlike the other high clergy — she actually helped the people during her stay.  - Chosen of the Gods
  • William deduces that both were Dulcinites, members of a heretical sect that believes that clergy should be impoverished.  - The Name of the Rose (film)
  • Gurko suppresses the clergy and the free press and imprisons the Prime Minister Baron Von Neuhoff (Montagu Love).  - The Son of Monte Cristo
  • While cardinals backed by the Hannegan declare the papacy illegitimate, a conclave of Valana clergy declare that Brownpony is Pope.  - Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman
  • When the service is over, the churchgoers along with the clergy are also trapped.  - The Exterminating Angel (film)
  • O'Flaherty is assisted in this enterprise by others, including locals, clergy and the diplomatic corps.  - The Scarlet and the Black
  • Near London, Oxford and Canterbury in the Middle Ages, stories and adventures of peasants, noblemen, clergy and demons are interwoven.  - The Canterbury Tales (film)
  • The first book is a rebuke against the clergy and society, tainted by Sin and corruption.  - Roman de Fauvel
  • The series follows former priest John Strange (Richard Coyle), dismissed from the clergy under mysterious circumstances.  - Strange (TV series)
  • To this, the local clergy protest, because they no longer have any sway over their flock.  - Brand (play)
  • Philippe infiltrates the clergy confession and unlocks the cathedral doors.  - Ladyhawke (film)
  • Barchester Towers concerns the leading clergy of the cathedral city of Barchester.  - Barchester Towers

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