Named Groups

Clergy

Persons ordained for religious duties, who serve as leaders and perform religious services.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Persons ordained for religious duties, who serve as leaders and perform religious services.

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Classification

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Synonyms

16 entry terms
  • Chaplains
  • Clerics
  • Deacons
  • Imams
  • Ministers
  • Pastors
  • Priests
  • Rabbis
  • Chaplain
  • Cleric
  • Deacon
  • Imam
  • Minister
  • Pastor
  • Priest
  • Rabbi

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Aspects Covered

7 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, education, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

specify religion if pertinent

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History Note

73(69)

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Previous Indexing

  • appropriate religion heading (1966-1968)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. M01w.526.799.500w

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Clergy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002977. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002977
  2. Clergy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clergy
  3. Clergy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177826