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clerical marriage

clerical marriage noun: the practice of allowing Christian clergy to marry, despite being ordained.

Noun

clerical marriage (countable and uncountable, plural clerical marriages)

  1. The practice of allowing Christian clergy to marry, despite being ordained.

Forms of clerical marriage

pluralclerical marriages

Questions about clerical marriage

What does clerical marriage mean?
Clerical marriage means the practice of allowing Christian clergy to marry, despite being ordained.
What part of speech is clerical marriage?
Clerical marriage is a noun.
What is the plural of clerical marriage?
The plural of clerical marriage is clerical marriages.

Words near clerical marriage in the dictionary

  1. clerical
  2. clerical collar
  3. clerical collars
  4. clerical error
  5. clerical errors
  6. clerical marriage
  7. clerical marriages
  8. clerical script
  9. clericalism
  10. clericalisms
  11. clericalist

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