"clericus" meaning in Latin

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Noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “(adj. in church jargon) of the clergy”), from κλῆρος (klêros, “the clergy, what is allotted, a lot, inheritance, originally a shard used in casting lots”). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:bor|grc:κληρικός}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "κληρικός", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "clericus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="clericus">, {{bor+|la|grc|κληρικός||(adj. in church jargon) of the clergy}} Borrowed from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “(adj. in church jargon) of the clergy”) Head templates: {{la-noun|clēricus<2>}} clēricus m (genitive clēricī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|clēricus<2>}} Forms: clēricus [canonical, masculine], clēricī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], clēricus [nominative, singular], clēricī [nominative, plural], clēricī [genitive, singular], clēricōrum [genitive, plural], clēricō [dative, singular], clēricīs [dative, plural], clēricum [accusative, singular], clēricōs [accusative, plural], clēricō [ablative, singular], clēricīs [ablative, plural], clērice [singular, vocative], clēricī [plural, vocative]
  1. (Late Latin) a priest, clergyman or clergywoman, cleric Tags: Late-Latin, declension-2
    Sense id: en-clericus-la-noun-Ktzjl81p Categories (other): Late Latin, Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 49 51 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 46 54
  2. (Late Latin) a learned man, clerk Tags: Late-Latin, declension-2 Derived forms (Gallo-Romance; Old French): clergie (english: see there for further descendants) Derived forms (Italo-Romance; Italian): chiericato
    Sense id: en-clericus-la-noun-Rf3AdqvA Categories (other): Late Latin, Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 49 51 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'Gallo-Romance; Old French': 38 62 Disambiguation of 'Italo-Romance; Italian': 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: clēricālis, clēricātus Related terms: clērus
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}

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