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clergy
English
Etymology
Middle English clergie (attested in the 13th century), from Old French clergié (“learned men”), from Late Latin cl?ric?tus, from Latin cl?ricus (“one ordained for religious services”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (kl?rikós, “of the clergy”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?kl??d?i/
- (US) IPA(key): /?kl?d?i/
- Rhymes: -??(r)d?i
Noun
clergy (plural clergies)
- Body of persons, such as ministers, sheiks, priests and rabbis, who are trained and ordained for religious service.
- Today we brought together clergy from the Wiccan, Christian, New Age and Islamic traditions for an interfaith dialogue.
Derived terms
- clergyman
Related terms
- cleric
- clerical
- clerk
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “clergy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
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nonage
English
Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman nounage, corresponding to non- +? age.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n??n?d?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?no?n?d?/
Noun
nonage (plural nonages)
- The state of being under legal age; minority, the fact of being a minor. [from 15th c.]
- 1592, William Shakespeare, Richard III, Act II, Scene 3, [1]
- In him there is a hope of government, / That in his nonage council under him, / And in his full and ripen'd years himself, / No doubt, shall then and till then govern well.
- c. 1608, John Donne, A Litany, stanza VI, "The Angels" in The Poems of John Donne, edited by Edmund Kerchever Chambers, London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1896, [2]
- And since this life our nonage is, / And we in wardship to Thine angels be, / Native in heaven's fair palaces / Where we shall be but denizen'd by Thee;
- 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of the Life of Sally Salisbury:
- The other he used to recreate himself with, after he had been solemnly Contracted to his intended Spouse who was in her Nonage, and kept her till his Wife was ripe for Consummation.
- 1917, James Cabell, The Cream of the Jest, New York: Modern Library, 1922, Chapter 39, p. 235, [3]
- Romancers, from Time's nonage, have invented and have manipulated a host of staple severances for their puppet lovers […]
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 17, [4]
- Which appeal caused but a strange dumb gesturing and gurgling in Billy; amazement at such an accusation so suddenly sprung on inexperienced nonage […]
- 1592, William Shakespeare, Richard III, Act II, Scene 3, [1]
Etymology 2
From Late Latin nonagium, from n?nus (“ninth”).
Noun
nonage (plural nonages)
- (obsolete, rare) A payment formerly made to the parish clergy upon the death of a parishioner, consisting of a ninth of the movable goods.
Anagrams
- Genoan, gonane
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