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dʒi noun, plural cler·gies.
the group or body of ordained persons in a religion, as distinguished from the laity.
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clergy (ˈklɜːdʒɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -gies | |
| the collective body of men and women ordained as religious ministers, esp of the Christian ChurchRelated: clerical, pastoral | |
| Related: clerical, pastoral | |
| [C13: from Old French clergie, from clerc ecclesiastic, | |
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Word Origin & History
clergy
c.1200, clergie "office or dignity of a clergyman," from two O.Fr. words: 1. clergie "clerics, learned men," from M.L. clericatus, from L. clericus (see clerk); 2. clergie "learning," from clerc, also from L. clericus.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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clergy
a body of ordained ministers in a Christian church. In the Roman Catholic Church and in the Church of England, the term includes the orders of bishop, priest, and deacon. Until 1972, in the Roman Catholic Church, clergy also included several lower orders
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Example sentences
He introduced military service for some clerics and banned all but the senior clergy from wearing the traditional gown and turban.
Among the clergy, there was much ignorance, servility and pragmatism.
As he neared graduation he was still noodling over whether to join the clergy, allowing his father to push him slowly closer.
But its membership remains overwhelmingly white, as do its clergy and its seminarians.
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