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cler·i·cal  (klr-kl)
adj.
1. Of or relating to clerks or office workers or their work.
2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the clergy.
3. Advocating clericalism.
n.
1. A member of the clergy.
2. clericals Garments worn by the clergy.
3. An advocate of clericalism.

cleri·cal·ly adv.

clerical
Adjective
1. of clerks or office work: a clerical job
2. of or associated with the clergy: a Lebanese clerical leader
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.clerical - of or relating to clerks; "clerical work"
2.clerical - of or relating to the clergy; "clerical collar"
3.clerical - appropriate for or engaged in office work; "clerical skills"; "a clerical job"; "the clerical staff"
white-collar - of or designating salaried professional or clerical work or workers; "the coal miner's son aspired to a white-collar occupation as a bookkeeper"

clerical
Translations
clerical [ˈklɛrɪkəl] adjde oficina;
(REL) → clerical; [error] → de copia

clerical [ˈklɛrɪkl] adjde bureau, d'employé de bureau;
(Rel) → clérical(e)du clergé

clerical [ˈklɛrɪkl] adj (job, worker) → Büro-;
(error) → Schreib-;
(Rel) → geistlich

clerical [ˈklɛrɪkl] adjd'impiegato;
(REL) → clericale

clerical1
adj clerical [ˈklerikəl]
of the clergy He is wearing a clerical collar. klerikale كَهْنوتي، إكليركي духовен kněžský gejstlig; præste- geistlich που ανήκει στο κλήρο clerical, eclesiástico vaimuliku- کشیشی؛ وابسته به روحانیون papin-, pappis- clérical שֶׁל הַכּמוּרָה पादरी का svećenički papi bersifat kegerejaan prest(a)-, prests- ecclesiastico 聖職の 성직자의 dvasininko garīdznieka- pakaian paderi priester-, dominees- preste-, geistlig duchowny clerical clerical клерикальный kňazský duhovniški sveštenički klerikal, prästerlig ที่เกี่ยวกับงานศาสนา yazıcılar veya sekreterlerle ilgili 牧師的 клерикальний مذہبی پادری کے تعلق سے thuộc tăng lữ


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He was standing, hat in hand, at the entrance to the conservatory, dressed in black, and wearing a white cravat, but with a studious avoidance of anything specially clerical in the make and form of his clothes.
"This is no locus docendi, it is true," began the clerical gentleman; "yet I beg you earnestly to let us profit by your learning.
No one having previously heard his history, could for the first time behold Father Mapple without the utmost interest, because there were certain engrafted clerical peculiarities about him, imputable to that adventurous maritime life he had led.
 
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