clergy
English
/ˈklɜːdʒi/, /ˈklɝdʒi/
noun
Definitions
- Body of persons, such as ministers, sheiks, priests and rabbis, who are trained and ordained for religious service.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English clergie derived from Old French clergié (learned men) derived from Latin clēricātus, clēricus (one ordained for religious services) derived from Ancient Greek κληρικός (of the clergy).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κληρικός
Gloss
of the clergy
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- clergial English
- clergical English
- clergyable English
- clergyman English
- clergyperson English
- clergywoman English
- cleric English
- nonclergy English
- nonclergyable English
- nonclergyman English
- person English
- clericalis Latin
- clericia Latin
- clericus Latin
- clēricus Latin
- clēricātus Latin
- chiericato Italian
- klerk Dutch, Flemish
- κληρικός Ancient Greek
- κλῆρος Ancient Greek
- *kald- Proto-Indo-European
- clerc Old English
- clergie Middle English
- clerc Old French
- clergié Old French
- kleriko Esperanto
- crego Galician
- kleriko Ido
- cléirech Old Irish
- clergié Middle French
- clerigo Old Portuguese
- clerc Old Occitan
- clerigo Old Spanish