Morpheme
Clergy
Type
free base
Denotation
learned men, those ordained for religious service
Etymology
Middle English clergie; Old French clergié; Late Latin clēricātus; Latin clēricus; Ancient Greek klērikós, from klêros
Evidence
anticlergy, clergical, clergy, clergyism, clergyman, clergyperson, clergywoman, nonclergy
Notes
cleric and clerk are doublets
