| 单词 | benefit of clergy |
| 释义 | benefit of clergynounthe rites or sanctions of a church. formal marriage: living together withoutbenefit of clergy. the privilege claimed by church authorities to try and punish, by an ecclesiastical court, any member of the clergy accused of a serious crime. The privilege was abolished in the U.S. in 1790 and in England in 1827. Origin of benefit of clergyFirst recorded in 1480–90 Words nearby benefit of clergybeneficial, beneficiary, beneficiate, benefit, benefit in kind, benefit of clergy, benefit of the doubt, benefits, benefit society, Benelux, Benemid Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for benefit of clergybenefit of clergy noun Christianitysanction by the churchmarriage without benefit of clergy (in the Middle Ages) a privilege that placed the clergy outside the jurisdiction of secular courts and entitled them to trial in ecclesiastical courts Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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