clergyable

English

Etymology

From clergy +‎ -able.

Adjective

clergyable (not comparable)

1. (dated or historical) Entitled to, or admitting, the benefit of clergy.

   a clergyable offence

   • 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:

     a clergyable felony

Derived terms

• nonclergyable
• unclergyable

References

• “clergyable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• cyberlegal