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clerics were sharply divided on the issue of whether the war was morally justified
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Even into the modern period, naming a foreign cleric as cardinal was taken as a measure of the importance of their country in the Catholic world.
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Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2025
Iranian clerics who were willing to work with the Shah were undermined.
—Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
People will decide to read things that would be deplored by literary critics or anti-smut campaigners or religious clerics or card-carrying rationalists.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Supporters described Gulen as a peaceful, moderate cleric who championed interfaith dialogue.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
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Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2025
Iranian clerics who were willing to work with the Shah were undermined.
—Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
People will decide to read things that would be deplored by literary critics or anti-smut campaigners or religious clerics or card-carrying rationalists.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Supporters described Gulen as a peaceful, moderate cleric who championed interfaith dialogue.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Cleric.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cleric. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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cleric
noun
cler·ic
ˈkler-ik 
: a member of the clergy
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