They had strong links with the clerical establishment within the city and the province, even making some provincial bishops honorary members.

The clerical establishment did not attempt to intervene on their behalf.

He continued in poor health and was too indisposed to accept a position to report on clerical establishments in 1832.

The difficulty of his position is compounded by the clerical establishment's resolve never to relinquish power.

This is the first time ever that Iran's clerical establishment replaces the traditional academia to head a major academic institution.

The clerical establishment may very well have traced their earlier origins from Abernethy.

The other is the clerical establishment, self-appointed and virulently anti-American.

First, the Shiite clerical establishment has made a substantial intellectual leap.

And, in a formal sense, the function of the clerical establishment is to advise - but not to govern.

There are close ties between the Shiite clerical establishments in the two countries.