- sanction by the church: marriage without benefit of clergy
- (in the Middle Ages) a privilege that placed the clergy outside the jurisdiction of secular courts and entitled them to trial in ecclesiastical courts
| 单词 | benefit of clergy |
| 释义 | WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024 ben′efit of cler′gy,
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