Meaning of CLERICAL
| Pronunciation: | | 'klerikul
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- [adj] appropriate for or engaged in office work; "clerical skills"; "a clerical job"; "the clerical staff"
- [adj] of or relating to the clergy; "clerical collar"
- [adj] of or relating to clerks; "clerical work"
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| | Definition: | | \Cler"ic*al\, a. [LL. clericalis. See {Clerk}.]
1. Of or pertaining to the clergy; suitable for the clergy.
``A clerical education.'' --Burke.
2. Of or relating to a clerk or copyist, or to writing.
``Clerical work.'' --E. Everett.
{A clerical error}, an error made in copying or writing.
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| | Related Terms: | | abbatial, abbatical, accounting, apostolic, archiepiscopal, bookkeeping, canonical, capitular, capitulary, churchly, churchman, cleric, clerk, divine, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical, episcopal, episcopalian, evangelistic, hieratic, minister, ministerial, monastic, office, papal, parson, pastoral, pontifical, preacher, prelatial, prelatic, priestish, priestly, priest-ridden, professional, rabbinic, reverend, sacerdotal, secretarial, stenographic, ultramontane |
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