clergy

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈklɜːdʒi/
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• General-American: /ˈklɝd͡ʒi/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)dʒi
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• CMU ARPABET: K L ER1 JH IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English clergie (attested in the 13th century), from Old French clergie (“learned men”), from Late Latin clēricātus, from Latin clēricus (“one ordained for religious services”), from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “of the clergy”). Equivalent to cleric + -ate.

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: إكْلِيرُوس (ʔiklīrūs) — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Belarusian: духаве́нства (duxavjénstva) — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Bulgarian: духове́нство (duhovénstvo) — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Bulgarian: клир (klir) — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Chinese Mandarin: 神職人員 /神职人员 (shénzhí rényuán) — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Chinese Mandarin: 圣职者 (shèngzhízhě) — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Chinese Mandarin: 聖職者 /圣职者 (shèngzhízhě) — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Czech: duchovenstvo — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Dutch: geestelijkheid — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Dutch: clerus — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Esperanto: ekleziularo — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Esperanto: pastraro — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Finnish: papisto — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• French: clergé — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Old French: clergie — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Old French: clergie — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Galician: clero — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Georgian: სამღვდელოება (samɣvdeloeba) — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• German: Geistlichkeit — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• German: Klerus — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Greek: κλήρος (klíros) — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Greek: ιερατείο (ierateío) — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Hungarian: papság — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Irish: cléir — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Italian: clero — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Japanese: 聖職者 (seishokusha) — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Kazakh: діни адам (dıni adam) — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Kazakh: дін басы (dın basy) — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Korean: 성직자 (seongjikja) — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Macedonian: свештенство (sveštenstvo) — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Macedonian: клир (klir) — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Macedonian: клер (kler) — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Maltese: kleru — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Manx: clere — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Norwegian Bokmål: geistlighet — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Norwegian Bokmål: presteskap — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Norwegian Nynorsk: presteskap — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Polish: duchowieństwo — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Polish: kler — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Portuguese: clero — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Romanian: cler — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Russian: духове́нство (duxovénstvo) — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Scottish Gaelic: clèir — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Serbo-Croatian: клер — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Serbo-Croatian: свештенство — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Serbo-Croatian: свећенство — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Serbo-Croatian: kler — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Serbo-Croatian: sveštenstvo — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Serbo-Croatian: svećenstvo — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Slovak: duchovenstvo — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Slovene: duhovščina — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Slovene: kler — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Lower Sorbian: klerus — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Upper Sorbian: klerus — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Spanish: clero — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Swedish: prästerskap — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Tagalog: klero — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Ukrainian: духове́нство (duxovénstvo) — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Ukrainian: причт (pryčt) — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Vietnamese: tư tế — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Vietnamese: hàng giáo sĩ — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Vietnamese: tăng lữ — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services
• Welsh: clerigaeth — people trained to officiate at religious ceremonies and services