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clergiable, a.|ˈklɜːdʒɪəb(ə)l|
Also clergyable.
[f. clergy + -able.]
Law. Of an offence: Admitting benefit of clergy; in regard to which benefit of clergy may be pleaded.
1762Jacob Law Dict. s.v. Benefit of Clergy (L.), Offences..which would be clergyable if committed by the land. 1769Blackstone Comm. IV. 320 If..his offence is clergyable, he shall have the benefit of his clergy. 1886Athenæum 27 Mar. 433 So long as murder was a clergiable felony.
¶ Used as = clergial, learned, scholarly.
1488Caxton Spec. Vitæ Christi H iiij, A longe processe and clergyable [so edd. 1517, 1530; MS. 1410 clergyall]. |