Clergy
['klɜːdʒɪ] or ['klɝdʒi]
Definition
(noun.) in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity).
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Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Learning; also, a learned profession.
(n.) The privilege or benefit of clergy.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Ministers, clergymen, CLOTH, body of ecclesiastics (in distinction from the laity).
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Definition
n. the ministers of the Christian religion as holders of an allotted office in contradistinction to the laity.—adjs. Cler′gyable Cler′giable entitled to or admitting of the benefit of clergy.—ns. Cler′gyman one of the clergy a regularly ordained minister; Cler′gy-wom′an a woman belonging to a clergyman's family.—adjs. Cler′ic -al belonging to the clergy: pertaining to a clerk.—ns. Cler′ic a clergyman; Cler′icalism undue influence of the clergy sacerdotalism; Cler′icate clerical position; Cleric′ity state of being a clergyman; Cler′isy the class of learned men scholars.—Clergyman's sore throat chronic pharyngitis.—Benefit of clergy originally an exemption of clergymen in certain cases from criminal process before a secular judge but later covering the first offence of all who could read.—Black clergy in Russia the regular or monastic as distinct from the secular or parochial clergy.
Checker: Micawber
Examples
- She should try to get additional subscriptions, and to form a fund; but first she must consult the clergy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Quite late in his life he began a series of outspoken criticisms of the corruption of the clergy and the unwisdom of the church. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Both the hospitality and the charity of the ancient clergy, accordingly, are said to have been very great. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- You said, according to him, that he would be one of those ridiculous clergymen who help to make the whole clergy ridiculous. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- There was always much more union among the clergy than among the lay-lords. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In the earlier periods of the monarchy, the clergy of France appear to have been as much devoted to the pope as those of any other country. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In Roman catholic countries, the spirit of devotion is supported altogether by the monks, and by the poorer parochial clergy. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This independency of the clergy of France upon the court of Rome seems to be principally founded upon the pragmatic sanction and the concordat. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It was a day of happiness for rich and poor--the work, first of God, and then of the clergy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- To you, to the clergy perhaps, but not to us mill-owners. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I am a clergyman, he said; and the clergy are often appealed to about odd matters. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- As the clergy had now less influence over the people, so the state had more influence over the clergy. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The clergy were sacred beings in Miss Ainley's eyes; no matter what might be the insignificance of the individual, his station made him holy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Over and above all this, the clergy are, in all of them, the greatest engrossers of land. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- And mind ye recommend weel that them 'at brake t' bits o' frames, and teed Joe Scott's legs wi' band, suld be hung without benefit o' clergy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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