Clerk

Clerisy, klark, kler'-e-se, s. a clergyman s. the literati or ecclesiastic; the clergy. c:; scholar; layman who reads the responses in the church service, to direct the congregation; one employed in an office to a ist in writing,keeping accounts, .; one who keeps account, ., of the proceedings of a public or a ociated body; an a istant shopman [U.S.] (A.S. clerc, a priest.) See Clergy.