[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

clergy \cler"gy\, n. oe. clergie, clergi, clerge, of. clergie,
   f. clergie fr. clerc clerc, fr. l. clericus priest confused
   with of. clergi'e, f. clerg'e, fr. ll. clericatus office
   of priest, monastic life, fr. l. clericus priest, ll.
   scholar, clerc. both the old french words meant clergy, in
   sense 1, the former having also sense 2. see clerk.
   1913 webster
   1. 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. --hooker.
      1913 webster

   2. learning; also, a learned profession. obs.
      1913 webster

            sophictry . . . rhetoric, and other cleargy. --guy
                                                  of warwick.
      1913 webster

            put their second sons to learn some clergy. --state
                                                  papers 1515.
      1913 webster

   3. the privilege or benefit of clergy.
      1913 webster

            if convicted of a clergyable felony, he is entitled
            equally to his clergy after as before conviction.
                                                  --blackstone.
      1913 webster

   benefit of clergy eng., law, the exemption of the persons
      of clergymen from criminal process before a secular judge
      -- a privilege which was extended to all who could read,
      such persons being, in the eye of the law, clerici, or
      clerks. this privilege was abridged and modified by
      various statutes, and finally abolished in the reign of
      george iv. 1827.

   regular clergy, secular clergy see regular, n., and
      secular, a.
      1913 webster
see also:
clerk benefit of clergy regular clergy secular clergy regular secular 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

clergy
     n : clergymen collectively as distinguished from the laity
         ant: laity
see also:
laity 

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