clerecía

Spanish

Etymology

Cognate with Portuguese clerezia.

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kleɾeˈθia/ [kle.ɾeˈθi.a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kleɾeˈsia/ [kle.ɾeˈsi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: cle‧re‧cí‧a

Noun

clerecía f (plural clerecías)

1. (religion) clerics

Further reading

• “clerecía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28