#clergy clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity)
exclusion: #laity
supertype: #priesthood the body of ordained religious practitioners
member: #clergyman
subtype: #pastorate pastors collectively
subtype: #prelature__prelacy prelates collectively
subtype: #first_estate__firstestate__lords_spiritual__lordsspiritual the first of the three estates of the realm; the clergy in France and the lords spiritual in Britain
subtype: #cardinalate cardinals collectively
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