About The Word Clerical
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Clerical
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What's The Definition Of Clerical?
[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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Clerical: white-collar Related Terms | Find terms related to Clerical: 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 See Also | Clerical In Webster's Dictionary \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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