Concept information
Preferred term
clergy
Definition
- Clergy is a commonly used term to describe spiritual leaders within a faith community who serve a local assembly of adherents such as a congregation, synagogue, or mosque, or provide spiritual care in a specialized setting such as a hospice, university campus, or military unit. As leaders in their faith communities, clergy have a historic and enduring presence during times of dying, death, and bereavement. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Clergy]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/clergy
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