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† ˈclergion Obs.
Forms: 4 clergeon, -eoun, -ioun, (cleregoun), 5–6 clergion.
[a. OF. clerjon, mod.F. clergeon, dim. of clerc: in OF. also clerson, clerchon, = Pr. clerzon, Sp. clerizon, Romanic type cler(i)cione: see note to clergy.]
A young clerk or member of a clerical order; a chorister or choir-boy; also (as in Fr.) a term of depreciation = petty clerk.
c1325Chron. Eng. 528 in Ritson Met. Rom. II. 292 The thridde [partie he sende] to poore cleregouns. c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 131 Þe kyng..said..if he had had men, as he wend, of renoun, Þei suld haf venged him of suilk a clergioun [Thos. à Becket]. c1386Chaucer Prioress' T. 51 A litel clergeon seuen yeer of age. c1400Test. Love ii. (1560) 282/2 At masse serveth but a clergion.
b. fig. Young songster (bird).
1540Surrey Descr. Restl. State 22 Poems 72 The earth..sendeth forth..her clergions..to mount and fly up to the air Where then they sing in order fair. |