clergy (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *clergy*:
NOUN	group	clergy	in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity)

clergy > pronunciation
Sounds	kler'jhiy
Rhymes	Agee ... zoology: 128 rhymes with jhiy...

English > *clergy*: 1 sense > noun 1, group
Meaning	In Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity).
Members	clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth	A member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
Narrower	pastorate	pastors collectively
Narrower	prelacy, prelature	prelates collectively
Broader	priesthood	The body of ordained religious practitioners
Opposite	laity, temporalty	In Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy
Spanish	clerecía, clero, iglesia
Catalan	clerecia, clergat, clericat, clero, església
Adjectives	clerical	of or relating to the clergy

HyperDic: clergy