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clerc (1113-19)
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clerc (1113-19)

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cleark;  clerck;  cleerk;  cleric;  clerk,  clerke;  clerq;  clierke;  klerk  (cleir  Man lang ANTS 59.13,  cloer  Rot Parl1 i 3,  esclerk  Mir N-D 127.53 ),
pl. clers,  cleres,  clerkis  (clierz  Lib Alb 473,  cloers  Rot Parl1 i 274)  
  FEW:  clericus 2/i,774a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  clerc 9,108a TL: clerc 2,477 DEAF:  clerc  DMF:  clerc  TLF:  clerc  OED:  clerk n.  MED:  clerk n.  DMLBS:  clericus 359b

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1eccl.cleric, member of the clergy (as distinguished from the laity), one who is ordained for religious duties: 
( MS: 1120-40 ) Clers revestuz an ables ed an capes Metent le cors en un sarqueu de marbre  S Alexis1 582
( s.xii2/4; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Li clerc qui al temple serveient  Conception wace 202
( 1215; MS: 1226 )  tuit cil de nostre regne, e clerc e lais, devent garder […]  Magna Carta 362.60
( 1326-27 )  auxibien clerks come lays  Stats i 256.xi
( 1344 )  si nul clerc soit empeschez u aresnez […] et le clerc se tiegne a sa clergie […]  Rot Parl1 ii 151
( 1384-85 )  Item paié a les clerkes de Seint Vedast – .v. s.  Goldsmiths 210
2acad.scholar, learned person, one who is literate: 
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  De la table Gerlant Al prude clerc vaillant  Comput ANTS 212
( c.1150; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  A ces qui n’unt lectres aprises Ne lur ententes n’i ont mises, Deivent li clerc mustrer la lei  S Nichol wace 3
( s.xiiim; MS: c.1300 )  Un clerc avoit […], Homme de sen et de reson E sage de seinte escripture  Dial Jul 9
( 1391 )  Mestre W. D. jadys clerk de Oxenford  Test Ebor i 159
( c.1400; MS: s.xv1 )  cest Donait je le fis la fair […] par pluseurs bons clercs du language avantdite  Barton1 128
3occupationclerk, scribe: 
( 1283 )  les clers ke escrivunt les roules  Parl Writs 12
( 1306 )  les chefs asseours ové leur clerk  Parl Writs 179
♦occupationcashier: 
( 1399? )  Dame, huchez le clerc de ciens (=hostelry)  Anleitungsschriften 13.20
4occupation(administrative) official: 
( 1321-22 )  S. de S., aydonk clerc de la panetrie nostre seignur le rei  Rot Parl1 i 392
( 1341-42 )  les clerkes de la chauncellerie dient qe ceo bref n’est pas de forme  YBB 16 i Ed III 197
( 1364-72 )  qe a nostre amé clerc R. de W., nostre almoigner, facez liverer […]  TNA E101/395/2/223
( 1381-83 )  par comune assent de tut le companye Thomas Vok feut resseu d’estre clerk de mesme le companye  Goldsmiths 198
5 pupil, student: 
( c.1150; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Treis clercs alouent a escole  S Nichol wace 213
6 name (used as a surname): 
( 1205 )  Reginald Clerc  Family Names Clarke
( 1275 )  Matilda la Klerk  MED clerk n.
( c.1313 )  Robert Martin le Cleric  MED clerk n.
clerc lettré
eccl.occupationclerk, writer: 
( c.1279; MS: s.xiv )  jeo suy clerk lettré et ordeyné de evesk  Plac Cor (E) 24
clerc lisant
lire3
clerc ordené
eccl. cleric, one who is ordained for religious duties: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  As eveskes e as abez E a plusurs clers ordenez Se fise cunfés  Rom de Rou wace i 188.750
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii3/3 )  Il ne ad prestre ne abee, Moine ne clerc ordinee [...]  Fol Trist ANTS 234
mestre clerc
eccl. senior member of the clergy: 
( c.1150; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Quant Getro soit que mort esteit Seint Nicholas que il quereit [...] Tuz les mestrez clercs asemblat  S Nichol wace 966
clerc des coffres
occupationfinan.titletreasurer, cofferer of royal or noble household: 
( 1433-34; MS: c.1449 )  G. de F., secretaire du roy […] et clerc de ses privez coffres  Bedford Inventories B180
clerc de maner
maner1
clerc de marché
marché1
clerc de market
market
clerc des mesures
mesure1
clerc de la pipe
pipe1
clerc prenotarie
prenotarie
clerc des roules
titlestatusoccupationMaster of the Rolls: 
( 1377 )  Sire Davy de Wollore, lors clerk des roules de mesme la chauncellerie  Rot Parl1 iii 8
(commun) clerc de la vile
titlestatusoccupationtown clerk: 
( MS: c.1275 )  (looms) un a l’us le mere (=mayor) e un autre al hospital e li tierz al Clerc de la Vile  Winchester2 28.12
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  si le commun clerke de la vyle face nul fauz enroulement […]  Dom Gip 168

See also:

clergage  clergaille  clergal  clergastre  clergein  clergeon  clergesse  clergialment  clergie  clergilment  clergise  clerical  clerjonnet  suzclerc 
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