How many syllables in clergy?

There are 2 syllables in the word clergy.

How to pronounce clergy:

clergy (noun):: priests and ministers as a group; in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity).; a group ordained to perform pastoral or sacerdotal functions in a christian church

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