clergé

Inherited from Middle French clergié, from Old French, from Late Latin clēricātus, from clēricus. Compare Italian chiericato.

• IPA^(key): /klɛʁ.ʒe/

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clergé m (plural clergés)

1. clergy (body of persons, such as priests, who are trained and ordained for religious service)

   Synonym: (pejorative) cléricaille

• bas clergé
• haut clergé

• clerc
• clérical

• “clergé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.