"clergy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈklɜːdʒi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈklɝd͡ʒi/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-clergy.ogg Forms: clergies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒi Etymology: From Middle English clergie (attested in the 13th century), from Old French clergié (“learned men”), from Late Latin clēricātus, from Latin clēricus (“one ordained for religious services”), from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “of the clergy”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*kelh₂-}}, {{inh|en|enm|clergie}} Middle English clergie, {{der|en|fro|clergié||learned men}} Old French clergié (“learned men”), {{der|en|LL.|clēricātus}} Late Latin clēricātus, {{der|en|la|clēricus||one ordained for religious services}} Latin clēricus (“one ordained for religious services”), {{der|en|grc|κληρικός||of the clergy}} Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “of the clergy”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} clergy (plural clergies)
  1. Body of persons, such as priests, who are trained and ordained for religious service. Categories (topical): Collectives, Religion Related terms: cleric, clerical, clerk Translations (people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services): духаве́нства (duxavjénstva) [neuter] (Belarusian), духове́нство (duhovénstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), клир (klir) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 神職人員 (Chinese Mandarin), 神职人员 (shénzhí rényuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 圣职者 (shèngzhízhě) (Chinese Mandarin), 聖職者 (Chinese Mandarin), duchovenstvo [neuter] (Czech), geestelijkheid [feminine] (Dutch), clerus [masculine] (Dutch), ekleziularo (Esperanto), pastraro (Esperanto), papisto (Finnish), clergé [masculine] (French), clero [masculine] (Galician), სამღვდელოება (samɣvdeloeba) (Georgian), Geistlichkeit [feminine] (German), Klerus [masculine] (German), κλήρος (klíros) [masculine] (Greek), ιερατείο (ierateío) [neuter] (Greek), papság (Hungarian), clero [masculine] (Italian), 聖職者 (seishokusha) (alt: せいしょくしゃ) (Japanese), діни адам (dıni adam) (Kazakh), дін басы (dın basy) (Kazakh), 성직자 (seongjikja) (alt: 聖職者) (Korean), свештенство (sveštenstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), клир (klir) [masculine] (Macedonian), клер (kler) [masculine] (Macedonian), kleru (Maltese), geistlighet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), presteskap [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), presteskap [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), clergie (Old French), clergie [feminine] (Old French), duchowieństwo [neuter] (Polish), kler [masculine] (Polish), clero [masculine] (Portuguese), cler [neuter] (Romanian), духове́нство (duxovénstvo) [neuter] (Russian), клер [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), свештенство [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), свећенство [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), kler [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sveštenstvo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), svećenstvo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), duchovenstvo [neuter] (Slovak), duhovščina [feminine] (Slovene), kler [masculine] (Slovene), clero [masculine] (Spanish), prästerskap (Swedish), klero (Tagalog), духове́нство (duxovénstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), причт (pryčt) [masculine] (Ukrainian), tư tế (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-clergy-en-noun-s-jwdjvn Categories (other): Belarusian terms with redundant script codes, Bulgarian terms with redundant script codes, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Macedonian terms with redundant script codes, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Maltese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Old French translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Ukrainian terms with redundant script codes Derived forms: anticlergy, benefit of clergy, black clergy, clergical, clergyable, clergyism, clergylike, clergyman, clergyperson, clergywoman, nonclergy

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          "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
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          "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
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            "neuter"
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          "text": "Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.",
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      "roman": "duxavjénstva",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "клир"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "word": "神職人員"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "shénzhí rényuán",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "word": "神职人员"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "shèngzhízhě",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "word": "圣职者"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "word": "聖職者"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shèngzhízhě",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "word": "圣职者"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "duchovenstvo"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "geestelijkheid"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "clerus"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "word": "ekleziularo"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "word": "pastraro"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "word": "papisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clergé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fro",
      "lang": "Old French",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "word": "clergie"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clero"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "samɣvdeloeba",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "word": "სამღვდელოება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Geistlichkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Klerus"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "κλήρος"
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      "word": "ιερατείο"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "clero"
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      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "word": "聖職者"
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "dıni adam",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "word": "діни адам"
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "dın basy",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "word": "дін басы"
    },
    {
      "alt": "聖職者",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seongjikja",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "word": "성직자"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sveštenstvo",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "свештенство"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "klir",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "клир"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "code": "mt",
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      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "word": "kleru"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "geistlighet"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "presteskap"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "presteskap"
    },
    {
      "code": "fro",
      "lang": "Old French",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "clergie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "duchowieństwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kler"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clero"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "cler"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "duxovénstvo",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "духове́нство"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "клер"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "свештенство"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
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      "word": "свећенство"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
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      "word": "kler"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
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      ],
      "word": "sveštenstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "svećenstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "duchovenstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "duhovščina"
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    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
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      "word": "kler"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "word": "klero"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "duxovénstvo",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "духове́нство"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pryčt",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "причт"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "word": "tư tế"
    }
  ],
  "word": "clergy"
}

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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "clergy",
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{\"code\": \"fro\", \"lang\": \"Old French\", \"sense\": \"people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services\", \"tags\": [\"feminine\"], \"word\": \"clergie\"}, {\"code\": \"pl\", \"lang\": \"Polish\", \"sense\": \"people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services\", \"tags\": [\"neuter\"], \"word\": \"duchowieństwo\"}, {\"code\": \"pl\", \"lang\": \"Polish\", \"sense\": \"people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services\", \"tags\": [\"masculine\"], \"word\": \"kler\"}, {\"code\": \"pt\", \"lang\": \"Portuguese\", \"sense\": \"people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services\", \"tags\": [\"masculine\"], \"word\": \"clero\"}, {\"code\": \"ro\", \"lang\": \"Romanian\", \"sense\": \"people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services\", \"tags\": [\"neuter\"], \"word\": \"cler\"}, {\"code\": \"ru\", \"lang\": \"Russian\", \"roman\": \"duxovénstvo\", \"sense\": \"people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services\", \"tags\": [\"neuter\"], \"word\": \"духове́нство\"}, {\"code\": \"sh\", \"lang\": \"Serbo-Croatian\", \"sense\": \"people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services\", \"tags\": [\"Cyrillic\", \"masculine\"], \"word\": \"клер\"}, {\"code\": \"sh\", \"lang\": \"Serbo-Croatian\", \"sense\": \"people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services\", \"tags\": [\"Cyrillic\", \"neuter\"], \"word\": \"свештенство\"}, {\"code\": \"sh\", \"lang\": \"Serbo-Croatian\", \"sense\": \"people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services\", \"tags\": [\"Cyrillic\", \"neuter\"], \"word\": \"свећенство\"}, {\"code\": \"sh\", \"lang\": \"Serbo-Croatian\", \"sense\": \"people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services\", \"tags\": [\"Roman\", \"masculine\"], \"word\": \"kler\"}, {\"code\": \"sh\", \"lang\": \"Serbo-Croatian\", \"sense\": \"people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services\", \"tags\": [\"Roman\", \"neuter\"], \"word\": \"sveštenstvo\"}, {\"code\": \"sh\", \"lang\": \"Serbo-Croatian\", \"sense\": \"people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services\", \"tags\": [\"Roman\", \"neuter\"], \"word\": \"svećenstvo\"}, {\"code\": \"sk\", \"lang\": \"Slovak\", \"sense\": \"people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services\", \"tags\": [\"neuter\"], \"word\": \"duchovenstvo\"}, {\"code\": \"sl\", \"lang\": \"Slovene\", \"sense\": \"people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services\", \"tags\": [\"feminine\"], \"word\": \"duhovščina\"}, {\"code\": \"sl\", \"lang\": \"Slovene\", \"sense\": \"people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services\", \"tags\": [\"masculine\"], \"word\": \"kler\"}, {\"code\": \"es\", \"lang\": \"Spanish\", \"sense\": \"people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services\", \"tags\": [\"masculine\"], \"word\": \"clero\"}, {\"code\": \"sv\", \"lang\": \"Swedish\", \"sense\": \"people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services\", \"word\": \"prästerskap\"}, {\"code\": \"tl\", \"lang\": \"Tagalog\", \"sense\": \"people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services\", \"word\": \"klero\"}, {\"code\": \"uk\", \"lang\": \"Ukrainian\", \"roman\": \"duxovénstvo\", \"sense\": \"people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services\", \"tags\": [\"neuter\"], \"word\": \"духове́нство\"}, {\"code\": \"uk\", \"lang\": \"Ukrainian\", \"roman\": \"pryčt\", \"sense\": \"people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services\", \"tags\": [\"masculine\"], \"word\": \"причт\"}, {\"code\": \"vi\", \"lang\": \"Vietnamese\", \"sense\": \"people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services\", \"word\": \"tư tế\"}], \"word\": \"clergy\"}",
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  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "clergy",
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