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clergyable

clergyable adjective: entitled to, or admitting, the benefit of clergy.

Adjective

clergyable (not comparable)

  1. (dated, historical) Entitled to, or admitting, the benefit of clergy.
    • a clergyable offence
    • a clergyable felony1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC

Origin of clergyable

From clergy + -able.

Words formed from clergyable

Questions about clergyable

What does clergyable mean?
Clergyable means entitled to, or admitting, the benefit of clergy.
What part of speech is clergyable?
Clergyable is an adjective.

Words near clergyable in the dictionary

  1. clergiable
  2. clergical
  3. clergies
  4. clergy
  5. clergy collar
  6. clergyable
  7. clergyism
  8. clergylike
  9. clergyman
  10. clergyman's sore throat
  11. clergyman's throat

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