Part 1994

<h1>Clepe</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Clepe</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To make appeal; to cry out.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Wandering in woe, and to the heavens on high <b>Cleping</b> for vengeance of this treachery. <i>Mir. for Mag.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Clepsine</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Clep"si*ne</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of freshwater leeches, furnished with a proboscis. They feed upon mollusks and worms.</def>

<h1>Clepsydra</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Clep"sy*dra</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. from Gr. <?/; <?/ to steal, conceal + <?/ water.]</ety> <def>A water clock; a contrivance for measuring time by the graduated flow of a liquid, as of water, through a small aperture. See <i>Illust</i>. in <er>Appendix</er>.</def>

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<h1>Cleptomania</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Clep`to*ma"ni*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <def>See <er>Kleptomania</er>.</def>

<h1>Clerestory</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Clere"sto`ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Clearstory</er>.</def>

<h1>Clergeon</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Cler"geon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., dim. of <ets>clerc</ets>. See <er>Clerk</er>.]</ety> <def>A chorister boy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Clergial</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Cler"gi*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Learned; erudite; clercial.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Clergical</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Cler"gi*cal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the clergy; clerical; clerkily; learned.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Clergy</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Cler"gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>clergie</ets>, <ets>clergi</ets>, <ets>clerge</ets>, OF. <ets>clergie</ets>, F. <ets>clergie</ets> (fr. <ets>clerc</ets> clerc, fr. L. <ets>clericus</ets> priest) confused with OF. <ets>clergi\'82</ets>, F. <ets>clerg\'82</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>clericatus</ets> office of priest, monastic life, fr. L. <ets>clericus</ets> priest, LL. scholar, clerc. Both the Old French words meant clergy, in sense 1, the former having also sense 2. See <er>Clerk</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<i>Hooker.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Learning; also, a learned profession.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Sophictry . . . rhetoric, and other <b>cleargy</b>. <i>Guy of Warwick.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Put their second sons to learn some <b>clergy</b>. <i>State Papers (1515).</i></blockquote>