BENEFIT OF CLERGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does benefit of clergy mean? 

• BENEFIT OF CLERGY (noun)
  The noun BENEFIT OF CLERGY has 1 sense:

1. sanction by a religious rite

  Familiarity information: BENEFIT OF CLERGY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BENEFIT OF CLERGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sanction by a religious rite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

they are living together without benefit of clergy

Hypernyms ("benefit of clergy" is a kind of...):

sanction (the act of final authorization)