benefit of clergy

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   sanction by a religious rite

   “they are living together without benefit of clergy”

   Broadersanction

Questions about benefit of clergy

What does benefit of clergy mean?

benefit of clergy means "sanction by a religious rite".

Is benefit of clergy a common word?

benefit of clergy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.