clericato

Definitions of clericato
  1. noun
    the body of ordained religious practitioners
    synonyms: clerecía, sacerdocio
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    types:
    ministerio
    religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian)
    clero
    in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity)
    prelacía, prelatura
    prelates collectively
    type of:
    profesión
    the body of people in a learned occupation
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