Clergy
21clergy — noun a group of clergy who want to promote religious tolerance Syn: clerics, clergymen, clergywomen, churchmen, churchwomen, priests, ecclesiastics, men/women of God; ministry, priesthood, holy orders, the church, the cloth Ant: laity …
22clergy — n. (pl. ies) (usu. treated as pl.) 1 (usu. prec. by the) the body of all persons ordained for religious duties in the Christian churches. 2 a number of such persons (ten clergy were present). Etymology: ME, partly f. OF clergeacute f. eccl.L… …
23clergy malpractice — A breach of the duty owed by a member of the clergy (e.g., trust, loyalty, confidentiality, guidance) that results in harm or loss to his or her parishioner. A claim for clergy malpractice asserts that a member of the clergy should be held liable …
24Clergy reserve — Clergy Reserves were tracts of land in Upper Canada reserved for the support of Protestant clergy by the Constitutional Act of 1791 which also established Upper and Lower Canada as distinct regions each with an elected assembly. One seventh of… …
25Clergy Letter Project — The Clergy Letter Project is an project that maintains statements in support of the teaching of evolution and in opposition to the teaching of creationism in public schools and collects signatures in support of the letter from American Christian …
26Clergy Corporation — The Clergy Corporation, or the Clergy Reserve Corporation of Upper Canada, existed to oversee, manage and lease the Clergy reserves of Upper Canada, a large amount of land in Upper Canada that had been put aside for the Anglican and later… …
27Clergy Reserves — Lands set aside for the Church of England in Canada. Established by the Constitutional Act of 1791 for the support and maintenance of a Protestant clergy, they amounted to one seventh of all land grants. They became controversial after 1815, as… …
28clergy, benefit of — ▪ law formerly a useful device for avoiding the death penalty in English and American criminal law. In England, in the late 12th century, the church succeeded in compelling Henry II and the royal courts to grant every clericus, or “clerk”… …
29Clergy of the Church of England database — The Clergy of the Church of England database (CCEd) is an online database of clergy of the Church of England between 1540 and 1835. The database project began in 1999 with funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and is ongoing as a …
30Clergy Act 1661 — The Clergy Act 1661 (13 Car. II, St. I, c.2) was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of England passed in 1661. It repealed, annulled and made void to all intents and purposes the Clergy Act 1640, which had prevented those in holy orders from… …
