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- Clergy - n. - The body of men set apart, by due ordination, to the service of God, in the Christian church, in distinction from the laity; in England, usually restricted to the ministers of the Established Church.
- Clergy - n. - Learning; also, a learned profession.
- Clergy - n. - The privilege or benefit of clergy.
- Clergyable - a. - Entitled to, or admitting, the benefit of clergy; as, a clergyable felony.
- Clergyman - n. - An ordained minister; a man regularly authorized to preach the gospel, and administer its ordinances; in England usually restricted to a minister of the Established Church.
- Clergymen - pl. - of Clergyman
- Oblation - n. - A gift or contribution made to a church, as for the expenses of the eucharist, or for the support of the clergy and the poor.
- Charge - v. t. - To lay on or impose, as a task, duty, or trust; to command, instruct, or exhort with authority; to enjoin; to urge earnestly; as, to charge a jury; to charge the clergy of a diocese; to charge an agent.
- Annates - n. pl. - The first year's profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits. In England, they now form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings.
- Soutane - n. - A close garnment with straight sleeves, and skirts reaching to the ankles, and buttoned in front from top to bottom; especially, the black garment of this shape worn by the clergy in France and Italy as their daily dress; a cassock.
- Interdict - n. - A prohibition of the pope, by which the clergy or laymen are restrained from performing, or from attending, divine service, or from administering the offices or enjoying the privileges of the church.
- Callot - n. - Such a cap, worn by the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Litany - n. - A solemn form of supplication in the public worship of various churches, in which the clergy and congregation join, the former leading and the latter responding in alternate sentences. It is usually of a penitential character.
- Proctor - n. - A representative of the clergy in convocation.
- Epistoler - n. - One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler.
- Surplice - n. - A white garment worn over another dress by the clergy of the Roman Catholic, Episcopal, and certain other churches, in some of their ministrations.
- Diocesan - n. - The clergy or the people of a diocese.
- Protopope - n. - One of the clergy of first rank in the lower order of secular clergy; an archpriest; -- called also protopapas.
- Nonage - n. - The ninth part of movable goods, formerly payable to the clergy on the death of persons in their parishes.
- Station - n. - A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
- Reserve - n. - A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose; as, the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio, originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut; the Clergy Reserves in Canada, for the support of the clergy.
- Archierey - n. - The higher order of clergy in Russia, including metropolitans, archbishops, and bishops.
- Sedilia - n. pl. - Seats in the chancel of a church near the altar for the officiating clergy during intervals of service.
- Tithe - n. - A tenth; the tenth part of anything; specifically, the tenthpart of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses. Almost all the tithes of England and Wales are commuted by law into rent charges.