(Late-Latin, declension-2) a priest, clergyman or clergywoman, cleric
(Late-Latin, declension-2) a learned man, clerk
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Borrowed from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “(adj. in church jargon) of the clergy”), from κλῆρος (klêros, “the clergy, what is allotted, a lot, inheritance, originally a shard used in casting lots”).