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Klerik
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Klerik je izraz, ki je včasih označeval pripadnike stanu krščanske duhovščine, danes pa (v širšem smislu) pomeni vse ljudi, ki opravljajo verski poklic - tudi v drugih verah.
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Beseda klerik izvira iz grške besede starogrško κληρος [kleros] = izbrani, udeleženi, dediči.