Clergy are formal leaders within established religions. Their roles and functions vary in different religious traditions, but usually involve presiding...

for the Clergy, formerly named Congregation for the Clergy (Latin: Congregatio pro Clericis; formerly the Sacred Congregation for the Clergy and Sacred...

In English law, the benefit of clergy (Law Latin: privilegium clericale) was originally a provision by which clergymen accused of a crime could claim that...

A clergy house is the residence, or former residence, of one or more priests or ministers of a given religion. Residences of this type can have a variety...

government through the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. One of the new requirements placed upon all clergy was the necessity of an oath of loyalty to the...

In Christianity, the term secular clergy refers to deacons and priests who are not monastics or otherwise members of religious life. Secular priests (sometimes...

Clergy reserves were tracts of land in Upper Canada and Lower Canada reserved for the support of "Protestant clergy" by the Constitutional Act 1791. One-seventh...

The Submission of the Clergy was a process by which the Catholic Church in England gave up their power to formulate church laws without the King's licence...

The ordination of lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender (LGBT) clergy who are open about their sexuality or gender identity; are sexually active if...

The Combatant Clergy Association (Persian: جامعه روحانیت مبارز, romanized: Jâme'e-ye Ruhâniat-e Mobârez) is a politically active group in Iran, but not...

Clerical clothing is non-liturgical clothing worn exclusively by clergy. It is distinct from vestments in that it is not reserved specifically for use...

The Clergy Project (TCP) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that provides peer support to current and former religious leaders who...

is the requirement in certain religions that some or all members of the clergy be unmarried. Clerical celibacy also requires abstention from deliberately...

Clergy and other religious figures have generally represented a popular outlet for pop culture. Some of the more popular clergy, members of religious...

The Shia clergy are the religious leaders of Shia Islam. Shia Islam places great importance on the guidance of clergy, and each branch of Shi'ism maintains...

5″N 0°9′29″E / 50.806806°N 0.15806°E / 50.806806; 0.15806 Alfriston Clergy House in Alfriston, Polegate, East Sussex, England, was the first built...

A clerical collar, Roman collar, clergy collar, or, informally, dog collar, is an item of Christian clerical clothing. The clerical collar is almost always...

List of noted children of clergy is a list of notable persons concerned with individuals whose status as a child of a cleric is important, preferably critical...

The Civil Constitution of the Clergy (French: Constitution civile du clergé) was a law passed on 12 July 1790 during the French Revolution, that sought...

Clergy (Polish: Kler) is a 2018 Polish drama co-written and directed by Wojciech Smarzowski. The film stars Arkadiusz Jakubik, Robert Więckiewicz and Jacek...

of Clergy is the middle house in the tricameral Church of England General Synod legislature. It consists of representatives of the ordained clergy of...

which can be confused with the ministerial priesthood of the consecrated clergy. The church has different rules for priests in the Latin Church–the largest...

title which has fallen out of regular use. Several churches in the UK have clergy identified by the ancient title lecturer, including many London churches...

Regular clergy, or just regulars, are clerics in the Catholic Church who follow a rule (Latin: regula) of life, and are therefore also members of religious...

Refractory clergy were clergy members who refused to swear an oath of allegiance to the state under the Civil Constitution of the Clergy; also known...

The Clergy Corporation, or the Clergy Reserve Corporation of Upper Canada, existed to oversee, manage and lease the Clergy reserves of Upper Canada, a...

The clergy–penitent privilege, clergy privilege, confessional privilege, priest–penitent privilege, pastor–penitent privilege, clergyman–communicant privilege...

Christian clergy (those who have already been ordained) to marry. This practice is distinct from allowing married persons to become clergy. Clerical marriage...

are nearly as many non-ordained licensed lay ministers as there are paid clergy. In other traditions such as Baptist, Methodist, and Reformed groups like...

They could even marry and remain clerics, the status of belonging to the clergy being at that time conferred through clerical tonsure, provided that they...