† clergiallyadv.
Obsolete.
In a clerkly manner, learnedly; skilfully, subtly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > [adverb]
clergially1377
clerklyc1440
high?a1475
eruditely1529
learnedly1549
scholarlike1551
scholastically1559
scholar-likely1599
scholarly1602
clerk-like1604
scientiously1651
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. Prol. 124 Knelyng to þe kyng · clergealy he seyde.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. viii. 34 Ac ich can nouht constrye · ne clergialliche reden.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 200 Clarett and Creette, clergyally rennene, With condethes fulle curious.
c1410 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ (Gibbs MS.) xxxiv. 63 Þe whuche Seynt Austyne clergyally treteþ.
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