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clerecía

Spanish, noun/kleɾeˈθia/

clerecía is spelled C-L-E-R-E-C-Í-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 109,730th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Clerecía is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “clerics” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Conjunto de personas eclesiásticas que componen el clero”.

What does clerecía mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineclerics

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Conjunto de personas eclesiásticas que componen el clero. 2. Número de clérigos que concurren con sobrepellices a las funciones de iglesia. 3. Oficio u ocupación de clérigos.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of clerecía

  • clerecías plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce clerecía?

  • /kleɾeˈθia/
  • [kle.ɾeˈθi.a]
  • /kleɾeˈsia/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is clerecía in Spanish?

clerecía appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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