Immediately, an atmosphere of pastoral seriousness joined the two senior clergy together: here at least they were on their own ground.

In due course they also allowed members of the nobility and senior clergy to maintain deer parks.

The senior clergy were quick to volunteer their company, once they saw he meant to go regardless.

The order include among their members people of the European nobility, academics, politicians and senior clergy.

In 1633 he resigned from the Church of England after several disputes with the senior clergy.

Within each diocese there are, in addition to the bishop, a number of senior clergy known as Deans.

I think the idea was that a senior clergy should keep an eye on him, help him and so on.

She really had very little idea of how the diocesan senior clergy connected with the parish priests.

In many cases the abusing priests had been moved by senior clergy to other parishes.

Literacy was not widespread, but among the senior clergy, and in monasteries, it would have been common enough.