transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈklə:dʒɪ ]
n. (pl. -ies) (usu. treated as pl.) 1 (usu. prec. by the) the body of all persons ordained for religious duties in the Christian churches. 2 a number of such persons (ten clergy were present). [ME, partly f. OF clerg÷ f. eccl.L clericatus, partly f. OF clergie f. clerc CLERK]