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Meanings of clerical establishment in English

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Usage of clerical establishment in English
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Rafsanjani confirmed there were divisions inside the clerical establishment over the election.
Reuters
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The election and its aftermath exposed deep rifts within the clerical establishment.
Reuters
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The clerical establishment aims at uprooting moderate opposition by using the post-election unrest.
Reuters
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Even with a narrow field, the country's clerical establishment is not at ease.
The Guardian
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The clerical establishment and Mousavi blame each other for the bloodshed.
Reuters
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Turnout is seen as a critical test of the popularity of the clerical establishment.
Reuters
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Khamenei has frequently accused the United States of trying to overthrow the clerical establishment.
Reuters
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Tehran has always been worried about a Western plot to overthrow the clerical establishment.
Reuters
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Does the president hold any real power, or does the clerical establishment still run Iran?
BBC
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The authorities portrayed the street protests as a foreign-backed bid to undermine Iran's clerical establishment.
Reuters
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August 1 - Trials begin of prominent moderates, charged with trying to overthrow the clerical establishment.
Reuters
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Aug 1 - Trials begin of prominent moderates, charged with trying to overthrow the clerical establishment.
Reuters
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Iraq's own clerical establishment does not back the bill, making its chance of success very slim.
Reuters
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Iranian officials have previously portrayed the protests as a foreign-backed bid to topple the clerical establishment.
Reuters
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A spiritual patron of Mousavi's movement, he was a fierce critic of the hardline clerical establishment.
Reuters
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Since the country's 1979 Islamic revolution, the clerical establishment has always used external crisis to unite people.
Reuters
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