First Known Use: 13th century
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clergy
clergy
noun cler·gy \ˈklÉ™r-jÄ“\
: people (such as priests) who are the leaders of a religion and who perform religious services
plural clergies
Full Definition of CLERGY
1
:Â a group ordained to perform pastoral or sacerdotal functions in a Christian church
2
:Â the official or sacerdotal class of a non-Christian religion
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Examples of CLERGY
- Local clergy have been invited to participate in an interfaith service.
- a member of the clergy
Origin of CLERGY
Middle English clergie, from Anglo-French, from clerc clergyman
Related to CLERGY
- Synonyms
- church, cloth, first estate, ministry, spirituality, spiritualty
- Antonyms
- laity
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