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† ˈclergify, v. nonce-wd. [f. clergy + -fy.] trans. To make clerical; see quot.
1589Warner Alb. Eng. vi. xxxi. (1612) 152, I faine My selfe a priest..And tould how fine and faire a life our Clergie-Femes inioy, And how our leisure fitted Loue. And let it fit (quoth she) To such as lust for loue, Sir Clarke; you clergefie not me. |