clergy (noun)

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• clergy — ► NOUN (pl. clergies) (usu. treated as pl. ) ▪ the body of people ordained for religious duties in the Christian Church. ORIGIN Latin clericus cleric, clergyman …   English terms dictionary

• clergy — noun the clergy (plural) the priests in the Christian church: the power of the clergy in the Middle Ages …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• clergy — noun a group of clergy who want to promote religious tolerance Syn: clerics, clergymen, clergywomen, churchmen, churchwomen, priests, ecclesiastics, men/women of God; ministry, priesthood, holy orders, the church, the cloth Ant: laity …   Thesaurus of popular words

• clergy — noun (plural clergies) Etymology: Middle English clergie, from Anglo French, from clerc clergyman Date: 13th century 1. a group ordained to perform pastoral or sacerdotal functions in a Christian church 2. the official or sacerdo …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• clergy — noun /ˈklɜːrdʒi/ Body of persons, such as ministers, priests and rabbis, who are trained and ordained for religious service. See Also: cleric, clerical, clerk …   Wiktionary

• benefit of clergy — noun sanction by a religious rite they are living together without benefit of clergy • Hypernyms: ↑sanction * * * Etymology: translation of Medieval Latin beneficium clericale 1. : the privilege claimed by the medieval church of demanding a trial …   Useful english dictionary

• clergy — clergylike, adj. /klerr jee/, n., pl. clergies. the group or body of ordained persons in a religion, as distinguished from the laity. [1175 1225; ME clerge, clergie < OF clergé ( < LL clericatus office of a priest; see CLERIC, ATE3), clergie,… …   Universalium

• clergy */*/ — UK [ˈklɜː(r)dʒɪ] / US [ˈklɜrdʒɪ] noun [plural] Word forms clergy : singular clergy plural clergies the people who lead religious services, especially Christian priests. A man who leads religious services is sometimes called a clergyman and a… …   English dictionary

• clergy — cler|gy [ klɜrdʒi ] noun plural * the people who lead religious services, especially Christian priests. A man who leads religious services is sometimes called a clergyman and a woman who leads religious services is sometimes called a clergywoman …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• clergy — [ klə:dʒi] noun (plural clergies) [usu. treated as plural] the body of people ordained for religious duties, especially in the Christian Church. Origin ME: from OFr., based on eccles. L. clericus (see cleric) …   English new terms dictionary

• clergy — [ˈklɜːdʒi] noun [plural] priests and other people who lead religious services …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English