clergy
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
clergy /ˈkləːdʒi/
▶noun (pl. clergies) [usu. treated as pl.] the body of people ordained for religious duties, especially in the Christian Church.
'clergy' also found in these Oxford entries:
advowson
- alb
- anticlerical
- benefit
- bishop
- canon
- canonical
- cassock
- chancel
- chaplain
- choir
- churchman
- cleric
- clerical
- clerical collar
- clerk
- cloth
- convocation
- curate
- dean
- ecclesiastical
- frock
- hierarchy
- holy orders
- induct
- lay
- legate
- litany
- media
- minister
- minor canon
- minor orders
- Nonjuror
- office
- parish
- parson
- patron
- proctor
- recessional
- rector
- regular
- reverence
- reverend
- sedilia
- shepherd
- stall
- surplice
- synod
- team ministry
