clergy

noun

1. （统称）圣职人员，神职人员
   the priests or ministers of a religion, especially of the Christian Church
   1. All the local clergy were asked to attend the ceremony.
      所有当地的圣职人员都获邀参加这项仪式。
   2. The new proposals affect both clergy and laity.
      新的提案使神职人员和平信徒都会受到影响。

1. N-PLURAL 牧师;神职人员
   The clergy are the official leaders of the religious activities of a particular group of believers.
   1. These proposals met opposition from the clergy.
      这些提案遭到神职人员的反对。

1. Some of the clergy refused to acknowledge the new king's legitimacy.
   一部分神职人员拒绝承认新国王的合法地位。
2. These proposals met opposition from the clergy.
   这些提案遭到神职人员的反对。
3. Clergy and laity alike are divided in their views.
   神职人员和信众同样都观点各异。
4. The military has accused the clergy of mixing religion and politics.
   军方指责该牧师将宗教与政治混为一谈。
5. Ordinary Roman Catholic priests are not members of the regular clergy, but monks are.
   一般罗马天主教神父不是教团成员，但修道士则是。
6. Clergy: The least worldly are reported to be the happiest of all.
   神职人员：最不世俗的工作据说是最幸福的工作。
7. The school will train Muslim, Jewish and Christian clergy together.
   这所学校同时培训穆斯林，犹太教和基督教牧师。
8. For years, the Catholic Church in America has struggled to find new clergy.
   多年来，美国天主教会一直在努力寻找新的神职人员。
9. First, it directed against the rich clergy, lawyers and the landowners.
   这次起义具有真实的社会性，把矛头直接对准了富有的教职人员、律师和地主。
10. All the local clergy attended the ceremony.
    当地所有的牧师出席了仪式。
11. Under feudalism, people of western Europe were mainly divided into three classes: clergy, lords and peasants.
    封建制度下的西欧，人被分成三个等级：神职人员（教士/牧师）、庄园领主和农民。
12. It instructed the clergy on how to locate, torture and kill.
    这本书介绍神职人员如何找到，折磨和杀死。
13. We were surprised when he announced he wanted to join the clergy.
    当他宣布他想成为一名牧师时，我们大吃一惊。
14. I had always thought that vows were something which Catholic or Anglican Priests took before committing to the clergy.
    我一直以为这种愿，是天主教或是英国圣公会的神父，要接受圣职前所发的愿。
15. The new proposals affect both clergy and laity.
    新的建议与神职人员和俗人都有关系。
16. All believers, including the clergy, are fallible human beings who are prone to all types of sin.
    所有的信徒，包括神职人员，都是可能会犯各种类型的罪的普通人类。
17. About this same time, French law required the clergy to register baptisms, deaths, and marriages.
    大约在同一时期，法国的法律要求牧师登记洗礼、死亡和结婚的人数。
18. They also undertook work in Bengal in1874, but this has since been relinquished to the secular clergy.
    他们还承诺在孟加拉工作于1874年，但是这已经放弃了对世俗的神职人员。
19. A hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw.
    一种仪式结束、牧师和唱诗班退场时唱的圣歌。
20. The clergy remain divided on the issue of women priests.
    在女性教士的问题上，牧师们意见不一。
21. They ran the three churches to which they belonged, the clergy, the choirs and the parishioners.
    她们管理着自己所属的那三家教堂、牧师、唱诗班和教区居民。
22. Their decisions have been accepted by the clergy and the laity of all times, making their validity indisputable.
    他们的决定已经被接受，由教士和俗人的任何时候，其效力不容置疑的。
23. Henry and Nancy are living together without benefit of clergy.
    亨利和南希没有正式举行婚礼就同居了。
24. Luther put his principle which all Christian were clergy into equality in personality and religious service.
    路德将平信徒皆为祭司原则贯彻到人格上的平等和宗教礼拜仪式当中。
25. He decreed that the sacraments of married clergy were invalid, and that such clergy must not enter churches.
    他申令既婚僧侣举行的圣礼概为无效，并且禁止这样的僧侣进入教会。
26. The clergy member performing the ceremony declared them husband and wife.
    主持仪式的牧师宣布他们结为夫妇。
27. During the dawn period of civilization, the status of the wizard dropped and became the clergy.
    到了文明曙光期，巫觋地位下降，终于成为神职人员。
28. War overtook them and closed churches so they "married" without benefit of clergy.
    战争突然降临，使教堂都关闭了，于是他们未经教堂议式就结婚了。
29. The clergy were having an argument about god's law.
    牧师们就上帝的律法在进行争论。

noun

1. in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity)