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clerics were sharply divided on the issue of whether the war was morally justified
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An obscure Iranian cleric named Ruhollah Khomeini arrived in the quiet suburb of Neauphle-le-Château in exile, and none of the senior correspondents wanted to make the trek.
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Stephen Heyman, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2025
Also on Saturday, a bomb exploded outside a mosque in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing cleric Mufti Shakir, local police said.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Dozens of clerics who disagreed with these measures have been fired.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
In May 2023, Attorney General Kwame Raoul published a 696-page report, which found that over about seven decades, at least 1,997 children have been abused by 451 Catholic clerics and religious brothers across the state’s dioceses.
—Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
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Stephen Heyman, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2025
Also on Saturday, a bomb exploded outside a mosque in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing cleric Mufti Shakir, local police said.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Dozens of clerics who disagreed with these measures have been fired.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
In May 2023, Attorney General Kwame Raoul published a 696-page report, which found that over about seven decades, at least 1,997 children have been abused by 451 Catholic clerics and religious brothers across the state’s dioceses.
—Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Cleric.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cleric. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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cleric
noun
cler·ic
ˈkler-ik 
: a member of the clergy
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