clergies

Meaning of clergies

plural noun
  1. the body of all people ordained for religious duties, especially in the Christian Church.
    all marriages were to be solemnized by the clergy

Middle English: from Old French, based on ecclesiastical Latin clericus ‘clergyman’ (see cleric).

Information about clergies

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of clergies is: clergy.
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Hyphenation of clergies

cler-gies

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • clergies is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

clergies synonyms

Meaning a male priest, minister, or religious leader, especially a Christian one:

clergymen

Meaning a female priest, minister, or religious leader, especially a Christian one:

clergywomen

Meaning a male member of the Christian clergy or of a Church:

churchmen

Meaning a female member of the Christian clergy or of a Church:

churchwomen

Meaning a priest or religious leader, especially a Christian or Muslim one:

clerics

Meaning an ordained minister of the Catholic, Orthodox, or Anglican Church, authorized to perform certain rites and administer certain sacraments:

priests

Meaning a priest or member of the clergy:

ecclesiastics

Meaning (in certain countries) a government department headed by a minister:

ministry

Meaning the office or position of a priest:

priesthood

clergies antonyms

Meaning lay people, as distinct from the clergy:

laity

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