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clergyman

How many syllables in clergyman?

  3 syllables

Divide clergyman into syllables:   cler-gy-man
Stressed syllable in clergyman:   cler-gy-man
How to pronounce clergyman:   klur-jee-mun
How to say clergyman:

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