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单词 clergion
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clergionn.

Forms: Middle English clergeon, clergeoun, clergioun, ( cleregoun), Middle English–1500s clergion.
Etymology: < Old French clerjon, modern French clergeon, diminutive of clerc : in Old French also clerson , clerchon , = Provençal clerzon , Spanish clerizon , Romanic type cler(i)cione : see note to clergy n.
Obsolete.
a. A young clerk or member of a clerical order; a chorister or choirboy; also (as in French) a term of depreciation = petty clerk.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > other clergy > [noun] > young or petty
clergionc1325
clerkling1863
society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > chorister > [noun]
songereOE
childOE
clergionc1325
choristerc1360
chanterc1384
quirera1425
choirman1488
singing man1527
clerk1549
chorista1552
songman1599
singing boy1666
sing-man1691
white boy1691
white man1691
choirist1773
secular1786
chorister-boy1817
choirboy1843
c1325 Chron. Eng. 528 in J. Ritson Anc. Eng. Metrical Romanceës (1802) II. 292 The thridde [partie he sende] to poore cleregouns.
c1330 R. Mannyng 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].
c1386 G. Chaucer Prioress's Tale 51 A litel clergeon seuen yeer of age.
c1400 Test. Love (1560) ii. 282/2 At masse serveth but a clergion.
b. figurative. Young songster (bird).
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1540 Earl of Surrey Descr. Restless 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.
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