clergy n An ordained priest or minister; clergyman.
   [1900 OLIVER & BURKE] 54 Me own clergy at home will do it four dollars cheaper. 1909 BROWNE 233 Our arrival was the source of much speculation ... but when they discovered ' 'twas the clargy's boat,' their curiosity was intensified. 1964 BLONDAHL (ed) 15 "The Man from Newfoundland": They sailed the Mediterranean, I've heard the clergy tell, / They went out into Egypt, from that to Jacob's Well. T 58-64 They went right up in the upper pew in the church. When they went in, the clergy was preaching—sermon. M 68-24 The Anglican clergy usually comes one Sunday, the United the next. 1973 WIDDOWSON 461 The clergy will come with his 'cat an' nine tails.'

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