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/klˈɛrəkəl/ /klˈɛrɪkəl/ Listen

adjective

Clerical adj.

Of or pertaining to the clergy; suitable for the clergy. "A clerical education."

Of or relating to a clerk or copyist, or to writing. "Clerical work."

Characteristic of the work performed by a clerk, secretary, or copyist, or suitable to be performed by a clerk. "Clerical staff."

A clerical error, an error made in copying or writing.

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Etymology of 'Clerical'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Clerical" Quotes from Famous Books

... considerable, but it has only become so since the people were driven to the sea as a consequence of the anti-clerical feeling which led them to desert the confessional. It is quite possible that the Portuguese, having in their new Republic developed a strong antipathy to sacraments and so laid up for themselves a future of spiritual disquiet, may see their ancient ...

— Priscilla's Spies 1912 • George A. Birmingham

... other Croats, only Frank's Clerical party, which numbered five or six deputies, and did not hide its persistent sympathies with the House of Habsburg, kept up Separatist tendencies. All the Coalition (now the Democrat) party and two-thirds of the so-called Party of Croatian Right were for a close union with Serbia and the regency ...

— The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 • Henry Baerlein

... "Yes, if you are a good child." This was very striking from a man who was a pronounced freethinker, who always applauded every anti-clerical attack in the Chamber with a vigorous "Hear, hear." He made a mental note that he must buy some toys for his child ...

— The Lost Child - 1894 • Francois Edouard Joachim Coppee

... the Virgin is celebrated, the most important day being December 26th. During the last few years there has been a falling off in the number of pilgrims, especially those of the better class, but this last year the clerical authorities have left no stone unturned in order to get together more people than ever. Six bishops were advertised to come, and they were to crown the Virgin with a crown which cost thousands of dollars. These proceedings rouse an incredible enthusiasm in ...

— Through Five Republics on Horseback • G. Whitfield Ray

... darker side is but one side. If he stands studying a crowd of the orthodox and finds therein the drunkard, the gambler, the sensualist; and if he says bitter things of the value of religion and gets in return the clerical fiat of one who is more a politician than a priest; and if he rejoins contemptuously, "This is fit for women and children," let him be reminded that he can also study the other side if he care. If he has the instinct of a fighter he must know every army has in its trail ...

— Principles of Freedom • Terence J. MacSwiney

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