Webster's Dictionary 1913

4483

Clepsine

‖Clep″si‐ne (?), n.(Zoöl.) A genus of fresh-water leeches, furnished with a proboscis. They feed upon mollusks and worms.

4484

Clepsydra

Clep″sy‐dra (?; 277), n. A water clock; a contrivance for measuring time by the graduated flow of a liquid, as of water, through a small aperture. See Illust. in Appendix.

4485

Cleptomania

‖Clep′to‐ma″ni‐a (?), n. See Kleptomania.

4486

Clerestory (2)

Clere″sto′ry (klēr″stō′ry̆), n. Same as Clearstory.

4487

Clergeon

Cler″geon (klẽr″jŭn), n. [F., dim. of clerc. See Clerk.] A chorister boy. Chaucer.

4488

Clergial

Cler″gi‐al (?), a. Learned; erudite; clerical. Chaucer.

4489

Clergical

Cler″gi‐cal (?), a. Of or pertaining to the clergy; clerical; clerkily; learned. Milton.

4490

Clergy

Cler″gy (?), n. [OE. clergie, clergi, clerge, OF. clergie, F. clergie (fr. clerc clerc, fr. L. clericus priest) confused with OF. clergié, F. clergé, fr. LL. clericatus office o...

4491

Clergyable

Cler″gy‐a‐ble (?), a. Entitled to, or admitting, the benefit of clergy; as, a clergyable felony. Blackstone.

4492

Clergyman

Cler″gy‐man (?), n.; pl.Clergymen (#). An ordained minister; a man regularly authorized to preach the gospel, and administer its ordinances; in England usually restricted to a m...

4493

Cleric

Cler″ic (?), n. [AS., fr. L. clericus. See Clerk.] A clerk, a clergyman. Bp. Horsley.

4494

Cleric (2)

Cler″ic (?), a. Same as Clerical.

4495

Clerical

Cler″ic‐al (?), a. [LL. clericalis. SeeClerk.] 1. Of or pertaining to the clergy; suitable for the clergy. “A clerical education.” Burke.2. Of or relating to a clerk or copyist,...

4496

Clericalism

Cler″ic‐al‐ism (?), n. An excessive devotion to the interests of the sacerdotal order; undue influence of the clergy; sacerdotalism.

4497

Clericity

Cler‐ic″i‐ty (?), n. The state of being a clergyman.

4498

Clerisy

Cler″i‐sy (?), n. [LL. clericia. See Clergy.] 1. The literati, or well educated class.2. The clergy, or their opinions, as opposed to the laity.

4499

Clerk

Clerk (klẽrk; in Eng. klärk; 277), n. [Either OF. clerc, fr. L. clericus a priest, or AS. clerc, cleric, clerk, priest, fr. L. clericus, fr. Gr. κληρικόσ belonging to the clergy...

4500

Clerk-ale

Clerk″–ale′ (? in Eng. �), n. A feast for the benefit of the parish clerk. T. Warton.

4501

Clerkless

Clerk″less, a. Unlearned. E. Waterhouse.

4502

Clerklike

Clerk″like′ (?), a. Scholarlike. Shak.

4503

Clerkliness

Clerk″li‐ness (?), n. Scholarship.

4504

Clerkly

Clerk″ly, a. Of or pertaining to a clerk. Cranmer.

4505

Clerkly (2)

Clerk″ly, adv. In a scholarly manner. Shak.

4506

Clerkship

Clerk″ship, n. State, quality, or business of a clerk.

4507

Cleromancy

Cler″o‐man′cy (?), n. [Gr. � lot + -mancy; cf. F. cléromancie.] A divination by throwing dice or casting lots.

4508

Cleronomy

Cle‐ron″o‐my (?), n. Inheritance; heritage.

4509

Clerstory

Cler″sto′ry (?), n. See Clearstory.