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clerical, a. (n.)|ˈklɛrɪkəl|
[f. L. clēric-āl-is, f. clēric-us clergyman: see prec.]
A. adj.
1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the clergy or a clergyman (esp. in their professional capacity).
1592tr. Junius on Rev. xiii. 17 Clericall tonsure or shaving. 1649Bp. Hall Cases Consc. ii. 1 (T.) Meet for clerical and religious persons. 1794Sullivan View Nat. I. 5 The hard yoke of clerical usurpation. 1829Lytton Devereux i. ii, His garb was as little clerical as possible. 1876Mozley Univ. Serm. iv. 82 The ambition of the clerical order has always been attended by peculiarly repulsive features.
2. Of or pertaining to a clerk or penman (see clerk 5), of clerks; esp. in clerical error, an error made in writing anything out.
1798Bay Amer. Law Rep. (1809) I. 82 The word was omitted through a clerical mistake in the person who drew the will. 1838Gurwood Wellington Disp. IV. 105 note, It is supposed that this is a clerical error. 1865New York World 13 Oct., A clerical force is employed to keep the accounts and attend to the correspondence. 1879Daily News 16 Sept. 3/3 The clerical service of the Customs.
B. n. A cleric: one of a clerical party.
1837Marryat Dog-fiend xxxiii, We except the clericals. 1871Daily News 21 Sept., The German party was to make way for the Czechs and clericals. 1882–3Schaff Encycl. Rel. Knowl. I. 31 The Sixth Council of Orleans deposed every clerical who had committed adultery.
b. pl. Clerical garments (colloq.; cf. academicals, canonicals).
1865Athenæum No. 1989. 802/3 Donning ‘a suit of clericals’. |