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| cler·gy [ klúrjee ] (plural cler·gies) |
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those ordained in church: the body of people ordained for religious service, especially in the Christian church
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takes a singular or plural verb
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| [13th century. Partly < Old French clergie (< clerc "cleric"); partly < clergé "body of clerks"; both < ecclesiastical Latin clericus (see clerk)] |
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