A clergy member, especially in historical or formal ecclesiastical contexts; a Latin or technical term for a cleric.
From Medieval Latin clericum (accusative of clericus, from Latin clercus, meaning 'clerk' or 'ordained official'). This Latinate form appears in historical church documents and academic citations.
'Clericum' survives in English primarily in medieval historical texts and Latin ecclesiastical phrases—it's a reminder that the Church Latin was the universal language of the Christian West for a thousand years.
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