clergy
nounHow many syllables in clergy?
There are 2 syllables in the word clergy.How to pronounce clergy:
Definition of 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
Synonyms for clergy:
cardinalate
church
churchmen or women
clergyman
clergymen or women
clerics
cloth
ecclesiastics
episcopate
first estate
hierarchy
holy orders
man of the cloth
ministry
pastorate
prelacy
prelature
priesthood
reverend
spirituality
spiritualty
the cloth
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