klerus

See also: Klerus and klérus

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Dutch clerus, from Latin clērus, from (Ecclesiastical) Ancient Greek κλῆρος (klêros, “a casting lots, drawing lots”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈklerʊs]
• Hyphenation: klé‧rus

Noun

klerus (plural klerus-klerus)

1. clergy

   Synonym: rohaniwan

Further reading

• “klerus”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016