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clergy
c.1200,
clergie
"office or dignity of a clergyman," from two O.Fr. words: 1.
clergie
"clerics, learned men," from M.L.
clericatus,
from L.
clericus
(see
clerk
); 2.
clergie
"learning," from
clerc,
also from L.
clericus
.