Examples of cleric in a Sentence
clerics were sharply divided on the issue of whether the war was morally justified
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Officially, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is the military force sworn to protect Iran’s ruling clerics.
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The Week Us, TheWeek, 6 Apr. 2026
Thousands gathered in Baghdad and across a number of other Iraqi provinces yesterday to demonstrate against the US-Israeli war with Iran after the powerful Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on people to protest.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026
Iran’s supreme leader is now the cleric Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated late last month.
—Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026
More recently, Kalshi users sued the platform in California earlier this month after the market refused to pay out winners who had successfully predicted the death of Iranian cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, citing policy banning betting on deaths.
—Lia Russell
march 27, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026
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The Week Us, TheWeek, 6 Apr. 2026
Thousands gathered in Baghdad and across a number of other Iraqi provinces yesterday to demonstrate against the US-Israeli war with Iran after the powerful Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on people to protest.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026
Iran’s supreme leader is now the cleric Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated late last month.
—Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026
More recently, Kalshi users sued the platform in California earlier this month after the market refused to pay out winners who had successfully predicted the death of Iranian cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, citing policy banning betting on deaths.
—Lia Russell
march 27, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026
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“Cleric.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cleric. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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cleric
noun
cler·ic
ˈkler-ik 
: a member of the clergy
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