Of an offence: not admitting of a plea of benefit of clergy (and therefore disallowing an exemption or more lenient sentence); = unclergyable. Opposed to clergyable.
Origin
Early 19th century. From non- + clergyable.
Definition of non-clergyable in US English:
non-clergyable
adjectiveˌnɒnˈkləːdʒɪəbl
Law rare, historical
Of an offence: not admitting of a plea of benefit of clergy (and therefore disallowing an exemption or more lenient sentence); = unclergyable. Opposed to clergyable.