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Because the spelling of words is often derived from other languages, and is arrived at before a commonly-accepted standard pronunciation is arrive at.

Clergy derives from the Latin clericus, which would mean that pronunciation would 'tend towards' a "g" sound rather than a "j" sound.

And, probably most importantly, I cannot find an English-language word which ends in ~jy.

The ~gy ending is standard.

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