bas clergé
French, noun/ba klɛʁ.ʒe/
bas clergé is spelled B-A-S-C-L-E-R-G-É (9 letters). Bas clergé is a French masculine noun meaning “lower clergy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble constitué par les curés et les moines, par opposition au haut clergé, comme les évêques”.
What does bas clergé mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelower clergy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble constitué par les curés et les moines, par opposition au haut clergé, comme les évêques.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bas clergé
- bas clergés plural
- bas-clergé
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bas clergé?
- /ba klɛʁ.ʒe/
- /bɑ klɛʁ.ʒe/
- \ba klɛʁ.ʒe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.