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Clergy Latin Clergie Late 6593.Clergy 英 Klɜːdʒɪ]美 Klɝdʒi

正面 6593.clergy
英 ['klɜːdʒɪ]美 ['klɝdʒi]

背面
释义:
n. 神职人员;牧师;僧侣
例句:
1. Some of the clergy refused to acknowledge the new king'slegitimacy.一部分神职人员拒绝承认新国王的合法地位。

1、oc- "over" + cup- (intensive form of cap-) + -ation + -al.2、含义:take over, seize, take into possession, possess, occupy.
clergy 神职人员来自PIE*kel,切,劈,词源同clone,gladiator.本义为切成细条的小木板,用于抽签决定命运, 后比喻上帝选中的人,上帝分配的人,以为神职人员蒙上神圣色彩。
clergy (n.)c. 1200, clergie "office or dignity of a clergyman," from two Old French words: 1. clergié "clerics, learned men," from Medieval Latin clericatus, from Late Latin clericus (see clerk (n.)); 2. clergie "learning, knowledge, erudition," from clerc, also from Late Latin clericus. Meaning "persons ordained for religious work" is from c. 1300."

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