Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

benefit of clergy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English

Syllables: ben-e-fit of -cler-gy
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A legal provision by which clergymen (and, later, anybody who could read) could claim that they were outside the jurisdiction of the secular courts and be tried instead in an ecclesiastical court under canon law.

British usage; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It will be seen that what the defenders of Dali are claiming is a kind of benefit of clergy. That artist is to be exempt from the moral laws that are binding on ordinary people."

Usage

British usage
Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

clergyable

Questions

What does benefit of clergy mean?: A legal provision by which clergymen (and, later, anybody who could read) could claim that they were outside the jurisdiction of the secular courts and be tried instead in an ecclesiastical court under canon law.

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