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==Etymology==
− It is partly [[inh|ang|cleric|t=clergyman]] (about 975)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) and partly Old French [[m|fro|clerc|t=clergyman, scholar]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) both from Late Latin [[m|la-ecc|clēricus|t=a priest]] (see [[cleric]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from Greek [[m|grc|κληρικός|tr=klērikós]], from klêros, lot, inheritance, clergy.^(MWU 2024)
+ It is partly [[inh|ang|cleric|t=clergyman]] (about 975)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) and partly Old French [[m|fro|clerc|t=clergyman, scholar]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) both from Late Latin [[m|la-ecc|clēricus|t=a priest]] (see [[cleric]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from Greek [[m|grc|κληρικός|tr=klērikós]], from [[m|grc|κλῆρος|tr=klêros]], lot, inheritance, clergy.^(MWU 2024)
==Earliest recorded meaning==