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clergy

cler·gy [ klúrjee ] (plural cler·gies)


noun 
Definition:
 
those ordained in church: the body of people ordained for religious service, especially in the Christian church ( takes a singular or plural verb )

[13th century. Partly < Old French clergie (< clerc "cleric"); partly < clergé "body of clerks"; both < ecclesiastical Latin clericus (see clerk)]
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