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The movie featured Tom Hollander as clergyman Mr. Collins, a cousin of Mr. Bennet’s who is set to inherit the family’s rural estate since the Bennets have no sons.
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Emily Blackwood, People.com, 30 July 2025
The clergyman was from the Maryknoll mission, a Roman Catholic order that had long worked with the Japanese American community and was now assisting with their removal from the West Coast.
—Tracy Slater
july 10, Literary Hub, 10 July 2025
Images on social media showed clergymen in black robes who had rushed to the scene jostling with police as members of the NSS stood by.
—Avet Demourian, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
According to his Instagram profile, Taylor is a seminary student at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, a clergyman, and an Air Force veteran.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 8 July 2025
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Emily Blackwood, People.com, 30 July 2025
The clergyman was from the Maryknoll mission, a Roman Catholic order that had long worked with the Japanese American community and was now assisting with their removal from the West Coast.
—Tracy Slater
july 10, Literary Hub, 10 July 2025
Images on social media showed clergymen in black robes who had rushed to the scene jostling with police as members of the NSS stood by.
—Avet Demourian, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
According to his Instagram profile, Taylor is a seminary student at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, a clergyman, and an Air Force veteran.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 8 July 2025
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“Clergyman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clergyman. Accessed 10 Aug. 2025.
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clergyman
noun
cler·gy·man
ˈklər-ji-mən 
: a member of the clergy
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