Definitions for CLERICAL
ˈklɛr ɪ kəlcler·i·cal

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. clericaladjective

   of or relating to clerks

   "clerical work"

2. clericaladjective

   of or relating to the clergy

   "clerical collar"

3. clericaladjective

   appropriate for or engaged in office work

   "clerical skills"; "a clerical job"; "the clerical staff"

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Clericaladjective

   characteristic of the work performed by a clerk, secretary, or copyist, or suitable to be performed by a clerk.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. clericalnoun

   A member of the clergy.

2. clericaladjective

   of or relating to clerks or their work

3. clericaladjective

   of or relating to the clergy

4. clericaladjective

   a task which has to be completed on paper, form, or performed offline

5. Etymology: From clericalis, from clericus.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Clericaladjective

   Relating to the clergy; as, a clerical man; a man in orders. Unless we may more properly read clarichords.

   Etymology: clericus, Lat.

   In clericals the keys are lined, and in colleges they use to line the table-men. Francis Bacon, Nat. History, №. 158.

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1. clerical

   Clerical refers to tasks, skills or jobs related to or typically performed in an office environment, often involving administrative work such as managing correspondence, record-keeping, filing, and organizing. This term can also pertain to the duties of a clerk or roles related to a religious clergy.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Clericaladjective

   of or pertaining to the clergy; suitable for the clergy

2. Clericaladjective

   of or relating to a clerk or copyist, or to writing

3. Etymology: [LL. clericalis. See Clerk.]

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How to pronounce CLERICAL?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say CLERICAL in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of CLERICAL in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of CLERICAL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of CLERICAL in a Sentence

1. Robert Pressley:

   To prove that I am alive is just insane and it scares me to death, that at a touch of a button or because of someone’s clerical error my whole life can be taken away from me and it is.

2. Veronica Openibo:

   How could the clerical Church have kept silent, covering these atrocities ? The silence, the carrying of the secrets in the hearts of the perpetrators, the length of the abuses and the constant transfers of perpetrators are unimaginable.

3. Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown:

   The penalties in the federal system need to be much more conveyed to people to discourage this idea that this is a harmless, mostly clerical administrative violation of the federal system, it is blood money. You are getting the guns... to someone that will harm someone.

4. Douglas Jones:

   In the United States, the mechanical voting machine doesn't make any clerical errors unless someone makes an error in configuring the machine, and then they are huge.

5. Maryam Rajavi:

   Any interaction and cooperation with the clerical regime will be in service of the repression and slaughter of the Iranian people, and its nuclear weapons ambitions, and fueling wars in the region.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=CLERICAL
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=CLERICAL
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Clerical
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=CLERICAL
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/CLERICAL
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=CLERICAL