Obs. [L. lĕgit he reads, or lēgit he has read, pres. or pa. t. 3rd pers. of legĕre to read.] Claim to ‘Benefit of Clergy’ based upon the fact of being able to read a verse of the Bible.
1653. Baxter, Chr. Concord, 76. They took the drunken Readers (that could scarce yet have a Legit to save their necks, if they needed it) to be fitter men then we to edefie the Flocks.
