Bible Dictionaries
Clergy

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The privilege or benefit of clergy.

(2):

(n.) Learning; also, a learned profession.

(3):

(n.) The body of men set apart, by due ordination, to the service of God, in the Christian church, in distinction from the laity; in England, usually restricted to the ministers of the Established Church.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Clergy'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/clergy.html. 1828.