"clergy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈklɜːdʒi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈklɝd͡ʒi/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-clergy.ogg [US] Forms: clergies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒi Etymology: 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 Derived forms: benefit of clergy, black clergy, clergyman 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), 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), 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)

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        "Bulgarian terms with redundant script codes",
        "English 2-syllable words",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "English terms derived from Late Latin",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms derived from Old French",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kelh₂-",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Macedonian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)dʒi",
        "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)dʒi/2 syllables",
        "Ukrainian terms with redundant script codes",
        "en:Collectives",
        "en:Religion"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Today we brought together clergy from the Wiccan, Christian, New Age and Islamic traditions for an interfaith dialogue."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Body of persons, such as priests, who are trained and ordained for religious service."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "priest",
          "priest"
        ],
        [
          "ordained",
          "ordained"
        ],
        [
          "religious",
          "religious"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklɜːdʒi/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklɝd͡ʒi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)dʒi"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-clergy.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3d/En-us-clergy.ogg/En-us-clergy.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/En-us-clergy.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "duxavjénstva",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "духаве́нства"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "duhovénstvo",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "духове́нство"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "klir",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "клир"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "word": "神職人員"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shénzhí rényuán",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "word": "神职人员"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shèngzhízhě",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "word": "圣职者"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "duchovenstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "word": "ekleziularo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "word": "pastraro"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clero"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "klíros",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κλήρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ierateío",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ιερατείο"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "word": "papság"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clero"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せいしょくしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "seishokusha",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "word": "聖職者"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "dıni adam",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "word": "діни адам"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sveštenstvo",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "свештенство"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "word": "kleru"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "geistlighet"
    },
    {
      "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": [
        "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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