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† ˈclergial, a. Obs.
Also -eal, -ialle, -yall(e.
[f. clergie, clergy + -al1. It may have existed in OF.]
Clerkly, scholarly, learned, subtle.
c1386Chaucer Can. Yeom. Prol. & T. 199 Oure termes been so clergial [v.r. clergeal] and so queynte. a1400Morte Arth. 1758 With cornettes and clarions, and clergialle notes. c1410Love Bonavent. Mirr. xxiii. 52 (Gibbs MS.) He maketh..a longe processe and clergyall [Sherard MS. clergial]. a1420Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 2150 The steppes clergyalle Of thise clerkes thre. |