clergy

UK:  ['klɜː(r)dʒi]

US:  ['klɜrdʒi]

复数：clergies  

n.

1.教士[牧师]职务;〔集合词〕教士,牧师

2.教士,僧侣

3.教会

4.〔废语〕学问

1 . He said they include legalizing hundreds of religious meeting places and allowing for hundreds of new clergy members to be trained.
他说，其中包括将几百个宗教集会地点合法化，并允许数百名新教士接受培训。

2 . It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation.
我相信，任何地方都可找到他，就像神职人员，不然就是在他们不应在的处所，这国家的其他部分也是如此。

3 . Some members of the clergy believe their deities watch over every act, thought, and consequence of the deeds of every mortal worshiper.
一些神职人员相信他们的神会观察人间信徒每一个行动，思维和契约的的履行。

4 . People looked forward to going to church, or to being visited by a travelling member of the clergy.
人们期待着去教堂，或正在访问的旅行会员神职人员。

5 . Worst of all, such a journey would get in the way of him going into the clergy.
最严重的是，这样的一次旅途将妨碍他成为一名牧师。