Vocabulary
Clergy
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the body of all people ordained for religious duties, especially in the Christian Church.
Urdu meaning
اہل کلیسا، پادری
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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It toppled secular regimes in Libya, Syria and Iraq and it now wants a secular autocrat to supplant the clergy as rulers.
Dawn Editorials —
Addressing Trump`s curiosity
— 2026-02-24
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It so happened that Ashura in 1990 coincided in India with the Aug 2 invasion of Kuwait, the variation in date caused by a near routine difference of opinion among the clergy in the sighting of the new moon.
Dawn Editorials —
A gentle reminder about Iran
— 2026-02-03
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The clergy scapegoated `witches` mostly poor women and Heinrich Kramer, a priest, authored the Hammer of Witches, a manual that claimed that the devil targeted women, especially those who defied husbands and social norms.
Dawn Editorials —
`Good night and good luck`
— 2026-01-11
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A firm stand against intolerance of any kind hinges on how committed the state, citizens and the clergy are to tackle the factors that drive hate and parochialism in the country.
Dawn Editorials —
Reboot tolerance
— 2025-11-16
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The state institutions may attempt to take direct control of the processes of narrative formation, a domain it had long outsourced to the religious clergy.
Dawn Editorials —
An ideological shift?
— 2025-10-26
Synonyms
clergymen, clergywomen, churchmen, churchwomen, clerics, priests, ecclesiastics, men/women of God.
Curator example
“all marriages were to be solemnized by the clergy”
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