Clerus (Graece κλῆρος 'sors, pars hereditatis') est universitas hominum qui ad ordinem sacerdotalem pertinent (clerici). Verbum e Medio Aevo forma clericia in usu erat. Vox praecipue ad sacerdotium Christianum revocatur; interdum autem etiam ad alias religiones earumque cultus ministros transfertur. Cleri Buddhismi saepe communiter collective revocantur sangha pristineque conditi sunt a Butta. Islam cleros non habet sensu sacerdote.

Duces religiosi Foro Oeconomico Mundi anno 2009 adsunt.
Cleri in Universitate Internationali Mustafa, Qom in urbe Iranica sita.

Nexus interni

Bibliographia recensere

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  • Haig, Alan. 1984. The Victorian Clergy. Routledge.
  • Holifield, E. Brooks. 2007. God's ambassadors: a history of the Christian clergy in America. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing.
  • Lewis, Bonnie Sue. 2003. Creating Christian Indians: Native Clergy in the Presbyterian Church. Normanniae: University of Oklahoma Press.
  • Marshall, Peter. 1994. The Catholic Priesthood and the English Reformation. Oxoniae: Clarendon Press.
  • Osborne, Kenan B. 1989. Priesthood: A history of ordained ministry in the Roman Catholic Church. Paulist Press.
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  • Sanneh, Lamin. 1976. "The origins of clericalism in West African Islam." The Journal of African History 17 (1): 49-72.
  • Schwarzfuchs, Simon. 1993. A concise history of the rabbinate. Pxoniae" Blackwell.
  • Zucker, David J. 1998. American rabbis: Facts and fiction. Jason Aronson.

Nexus externi recensere

  Vide Clerus in Victionario.