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But the two took very different paths to becoming clergymen.
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Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2025
With intact skin and tissue, the mummified body, thought to be an 18th century clergyman, had drawn speculation of healing properties and even rumors of being poisoned.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
His grandfather wrote Anglican hymns and translated them into Yoruba, his clergyman father was a school principal, and his mother, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, became a women’s-rights leader.
—Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2025
So Harald Schiffl now speaks on the clergyman's behalf.
—Esme Nicholson, NPR, 4 Nov. 2025
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Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2025
With intact skin and tissue, the mummified body, thought to be an 18th century clergyman, had drawn speculation of healing properties and even rumors of being poisoned.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
His grandfather wrote Anglican hymns and translated them into Yoruba, his clergyman father was a school principal, and his mother, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, became a women’s-rights leader.
—Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2025
So Harald Schiffl now speaks on the clergyman's behalf.
—Esme Nicholson, NPR, 4 Nov. 2025
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“Clergyman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clergyman. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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clergyman
noun
cler·gy·man
ˈklər-ji-mən 
: a member of the clergy
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