1. clerical(a = adj.pert) - of or relating to clerks; "clerical work"
Derived form noun clerk1
2. clerical(a = adj.pert) - of or relating to the clergy; "clerical collar"
Derived form noun clergy1
3. clerical(s = adj.all) - appropriate for or engaged in office work; "a clerical job"; "clerical skills"; "the clerical staff"
Derived form noun clerk1
1. Of or pertaining to the clergy; suitable for the clergy. Burke. [1913 Webster]
2. Of or relating to a clerk or copyist, or to writing. E. Everett. [1913 Webster]
3. characteristic of the work performed by a clerk, secretary, or copyist, or suitable to be performed by a clerk. [PJC]
clerical, adj.
1 of the clergy or clergymen.
2 of or done by a clerk or clerks.
Idiom:
clerical collar a stiff upright white collar fastening at the back, as worn by the clergy in some Churches. clerical error an error made in copying or writing out.
Derivative:
clericalism n. clericalist n. clerically adv.
Etymology:
eccl.L clericalis (as CLERIC)
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