Wandering in woe, and to the heavens on high
Cleping for vengeance of this treachery.
Mir. for Mag.
||Clep"si*ne (?), n. (Zo÷l.) A genus of fresh-water leeches, furnished with a proboscis. They feed upon mollusks and worms.
Clep"sy*dra (?; 277), n. [L. from Gr. &?;; &?; to steal, conceal + &?; water.] A water clock; a contrivance for measuring time by the graduated flow of a liquid, as of water, through a small aperture. See Illust. in Appendix.
||Clep`to*ma"ni*a (?), n. [NL.] See Kleptomania.
Clere"sto`ry (klēr"stō`r&ybreve;), n. Same as Clearstory.
Cler"geon (kl&etilde;r"jŭn), n. [F., dim. of clerc. See Clerk.] A chorister boy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Cler"gi*al (?), a. Learned; erudite; clerical. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Cler"gi*cal (?), a. Of or pertaining to the clergy; clerical; clerkily; learned. [Obs.] Milton.
Cler"gy (?), n. [OE. clergie, clergi, clerge, OF. clergie, F. clergie (fr. clerc clerc, fr. L. clericus priest) confused with OF. clergiÚ, F. clergÚ, fr. LL. clericatus office of priest, monastic life, fr. L. clericus priest, LL. scholar, clerc. Both the Old French words meant clergy, in sense 1, the former having also sense 2. See Clerk.]
1. The body of men set apart, by due ordination, to the service of God, in the Christian church, in distinction from the laity; in England, usually restricted to the ministers of the Established Church. Hooker.