Clerk

sb. clergyman, scholar, secretary, C2; clerc , S, MD; clerkes , pl. , S, C2, C3, P; clerekes , S; clerken , gen. pl. , S2.—OF. clerc (AF. clerk ); Church Lat. clericum (acc.); Gr. κληρικός from κλῆρος a lot, in eccl. writers, the clergy.