•Geistlicher, der an Personen, die ihm anvertraut sind oder dieselbe Religion haben, geistliche Begleitung und Unterstützung leistet, beziehungsweise Sakramente austeilt
a priest, clergyman or clergywoman, cleric · a learned man, clerk
çekim: çoğul clēricī · tamlayan clēricī
köken: Borrowed from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “(adj. in church jargon) of the clergy”), from κλῆρος (klêros, “the clergy, what is allotted, a lot, inheritance, originally a shard used in casting lots”).
köken: Attested since the 13th century. From the dissimilation of crerigo, a semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin clēricus, from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “(adj. in church jargon) of the clergy”). See also the doublet clérigo.
ante mi Johan Gonçales, crego de Lugo e bigario de moyto onrrado padre e sennor don Johan, por la graçia de Deus, obispo desse lugar
A fazenda do crego, da a Deus, e leua a o demo
Eu non vin tal entremés: que a un crego lle fagan ter unha freira por muller.