clergyable

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adjective

Entitled to, or admitting, the benefit of clergy.

“a clergyable offence”

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Meanings

adjectiveclergyable (not comparable)
  1. datedhistoricalnot comparableEntitled to, or admitting, the benefit of clergy.

    a clergyable offence

    1 more example

    a clergyable felony

    1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC

Origin

From clergy + -able.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

cyberlegal
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APA

clergyable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clergyable

MLA

“clergyable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clergyable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clergyable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clergyable.

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