clergy en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈklɝd͡ʒi/ (General-American)
- /ˈklɜːdʒi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Middle English clergie (attested in the 13th century), from Old French clergie (“learned men”), from Late Latin clēricātus, from Latin clēricus (“one ordained for religious services”), from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “of the clergy”). Equivalent to cleric + -ate.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) A body of persons, such as priests, who are trained and ordained for religious service.
After years of debate, hundreds of United Methodists from all over the world gathered in St. Louis last week to settle the denomination’s stance on LGBT clergy and same-sex weddings.
2019 March 3, Dakin Andone, “Fractured after vote against LGBT clergy, weddings, United Methodists face possible split”, in CNN, archived from the original on 20 Nov 2023:Today we brought together clergy from the Anglican, Catholic, Orthodox, and Reformed traditions for ecumenical dialogue.
Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| clergies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
secular clergy · clergical · anticlergy · clergymember · benefit of clergy · clergyperson · clergy collar · nonclergy · clergylike · clergywoman · clergyman · clergyable · clergyism · black clergy
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
presbytery · the cloth · ministry · the desk · priesthood · the pulpit
Meronyms
Relateds
clerisy · clerical · cleric · clerk
Synonyms
spirituality · first estate · spiritualty · spiritualty · first estate · clergy · third sex · third sex
Translations (65)
fr clergé (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · fro clergie (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · be духаве́нства (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · ar إكْلِيرُوس (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · ko 성직자 (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · da gejstlighed (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · vi tăng lữ (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · ka სამღვდელოება (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · mk клир (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · fro clergie (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · cs duchovenstvo (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · uk духове́нство (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · bg клир (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · ru духове́нство (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · dsb klerus (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · sl kler (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · eo pastraro (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · mk клер (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · bg духове́нство (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · sh svećenstvo (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · gd clèir (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · de Geistlichkeit (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · cmn 聖職者 /圣职者 (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · sh sveštenstvo (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · sk duchovenstvo (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · tl klero (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · it clero (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · cmn 圣职者 (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · pl duchowieństwo (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · mk свештенство (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · nl clerus (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · mt kleru (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · uk причт (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · sl duhovščina (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · kk діни адам (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · sh свештенство (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · el κλήρος (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · sv prästerskap (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · pl kler (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · el ιερατείο (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · sh свећенство (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · hu papság (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · sh клер (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · hsb klerus (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · sh kler (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · eo ekleziularo (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · vi hàng giáo sĩ (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · kk дін басы (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · vi tư tế (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · ga cléir (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · cmn 神職人員 /神职人员 (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · gv clere (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · ja 聖職者 (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · nb geistlighet (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · gl clero (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · pt clero (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · es clero (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · nl geestelijkheid (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · de Klerus (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · cy clerigaeth (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · ro cler (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · nn presteskap (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · da præsteskab (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · nb presteskap (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services) · fi papisto (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services)