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1. church blessing: the official approval or ministration of a Christian church
 married without benefit of clergy
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2. clerical exemption from civil trial: the privilege held by the Christian clergy in the Middle Ages that entitled them to trial by an ecclesiastical court and exemption from trial by secular authorities
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