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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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Clerical" Quotes from Famous Books

... recovered from her sick headache; Mrs. Dawn was still feeling stupid; two ladies were not able to attend class; Dr. Johnson and Dr. Lorimer actually looked angry, and the two ministers in the class were gravely discussing the knotty points and knitting their clerical brows over 'doubtful explanations' as they called them, while a perplexed and troubled air seemed to settle on everybody. But there are a few old students in the class, and they looked at us with a knowing smile, saying: 'This is only chemicalization; you will be all the brighter ...

— The Right Knock - A Story • Helen Van-Anderson

... captive by their clerical visitor. And well it might be so, for he was their true friend. And it mattered little to him that their dwelling was rude and comfortless, their clothing old and worn, and their manners uncultured. He loved them for his Master's sake, and for ...

— The Cabin on the Prairie • C. H. (Charles Henry) Pearson

... ceremonious the Roman grandees, especially the clerical, appeared in public, at home they were pleasant and intimate with the members of their household; but he did not observe that this intimacy concealed the oriental relation of lord and servant. All southern nations would find it intolerably tiresome to have to maintain the ...

— The German Classics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Vol. II • Editor-in-Chief: Kuno Francke

... Henri, and from an anatomical point of view a perfect chef-d'oeuvre. The cellars we have come to inspect are two stories deep, and comprise numerous ancient cavernous compartments, such as are found in all the older quarters of Reims, and usually in the vicinity of some church, convent, or clerical abode. It has been suggested that they were either crypts for sacred retirement and prayer, dungeons for the punishment of recreant brethren, or tombs for the dead; but it is far more probable that ...

— Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines • Henry Vizetelly

... Virginia, pass to the ordinary people and be exercised through their representatives—the vestry and Burgesses. The people, not the King, became the patron of the Church of England in Virginia. Popular responsibility replaced clerical responsibility and added one more phase of life to those controlled directly by the people in the New World. It is significant that Patrick Henry, years before the Revolution, should first have asserted the doctrine of popular responsibility and authority in a case—the celebrated ...

— Virginia Under Charles I And Cromwell, 1625-1660 • Wilcomb E. Washburn

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