| 释义 |
benefit of clergy 1. historical exemption of the English clergy and nuns from the jurisdiction of the ordinary civil courts, granted in the Middle Ages but abolished in 1827 〈史〉英格兰神职人员或修女不受普通民事法院审判的特权（始于中世纪, 1827年废除）。 2. ecclesiastical sanction or approval 教会的批准（指在教堂举行结婚仪式）： they lived together without benefit of clergy. 他们未经教会同意正式结婚就同居了。 |