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noun (plural clergies) usually treated as plural

the body of all people ordained for religious duties, especially in the Christian Church:特にキリスト教会における、宗教上の務めを任命されたすべての人の集まり

〖the ～; 集合的に; 複数扱い〗 聖職者, 僧職者, 牧師たち(↔ laity).

e.g. all marriages were to be solemnized by the clergy.: すべての結婚は聖職者によって挙行されるものだ。

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