Sentence examples for esteemed clerics from inspiring English sources

At a conference on honor killing held this year at Damascus University, Mohammed Said Ramadan al-Bouti, one of Syria's most esteemed clerics, maintained that the laws should not be changed, defending them on the principle in Shariah law that people who kill in defense of their property should be treated with lenience (he is believed to have moderated his stance since).

Esteemed by many.

Esteemed by various philanthropies.

(Sorry, esteemed President Petrov).

I pity our esteemed minister.

I esteemed the Abdication.

Not just esteem, cherish!

God gave you self-esteem.

Appreciate and esteem your boss.

Even some clerics.

The incident reveals the high personal esteem in which John Paul held Arns, and hardly fits with the image often presented of the Polish pontiff as hostile to progressive Latin American clerics.