For that matter, so might elderly clerics, if in a slightly different way.

From the corner of his eye, Jas noticed that the elderly Cardassian cleric was listening in as well.

They subsequently fell under the influence of a hard-line elderly cleric who preached a doctrine of holy war against the West.

It was merely a white-haired elderly cleric who came in.

The elderly cleric was standing in the doorway in his surplice to welcome them.

It was a challenge skillfully delivered, and the elderly Catholic cleric rose to it: "Keep Franz and me informed, if you would."

The sixth candidate is Mehdi Karroubi, an elderly cleric who has vowed to pay every Iranian £30 a week if elected.

The elderly cleric was hunched on one of the pews, his head bowed, clutching a cross in his hands and trembling like a leaf.

An elderly Muslim cleric had stopped the squad sergeant to ask a question.

The elderly cleric has generally remained silent in recent months, apparently reluctant to involve himself too deeply in the political quagmire of Iraq.