Definition of Clrgy
Cler"gy (?), n. [OE.
clergie, clergi, clerge, OF. clergie,
F. clergie (fr. clerc clerc, fr. L. clericus
priest) confused with OF. clergié, F.
clergé, fr. LL. clericatus office of priest,
monastic life, fr. L. clericus priest, LL. scholar, clerc.
Both the Old French words meant clergy, in sense 1, the former
having also sense 2. See Clerk.]
1. The body of men set apart, by due
ordination, to the service of God, in the Christian church, in
distinction from the laity; in England, usually restricted to the
ministers of the Established Church. Hooker.
2. Learning; also, a learned
profession. [Obs.]
Sophictry . . . rhetoric, and other
cleargy.
Guy of Warwick.
Put their second sons to learn some
clergy.
State Papers (1515).
3. The privilege or benefit of
clergy.
If convicted of a clergyable felony, he is
entitled equally to his clergy after as before
conviction.
Blackstone.
Benefit of clergy (Eng., Law),
the exemption of the persons of clergymen from criminal
process before a secular judge -- a privilege which was extended
to all who could read, such persons being, in the eye of the law,
clerici, or clerks. This privilege was abridged and
modified by various statutes, and finally abolished in the reign
of George IV. (1827). -- Regular clergy,
Secular clergy See Regular,
n., and Secular,
a.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- people who are trained on religious ceremonies and services like ministers, priests and rabbis.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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