Definition of: clergy

(klûr′jē) noun plural ·gies
1. The group of people ordained for service in a Christian church: distinguished from laity.
2. Brit. The ministers of the Established Church.
—regular clergy The body of ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church bound by monastic rules: distinguished from secular clergy, those not bound by such rules. [<OF clergie <clerc clerk, cleric <LL clericus]

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catholic clergy
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ordained clergy
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