cléricaille

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cléricaille f (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory) clergy
    • 1926, Marcel Aymé, chapter 2, in Brûlebois, Éditions Gallimard, published 1975, page 29:
      Ah ! tu cherches Dieu, mon garçon. Oui, oui, je vois ça, tu vas encore aller te fourrer dans la cléricaille pour faire, pour faire quoi, tonnerre ?
      Ah! You seek God, my boy. Yes, yes, I see that, you're still going to stuff yourself into the clergy to do, to do what, thunder?

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