clericity|klɪˈrɪsɪtɪ| [f. L. type *clēricitās, f.clēricus: see -ity.] Clerical quality or status. 1866N. & Q.Ser. iii. VI. 470 A motion was speedily made for his ejection on the ground of his clericity (the word, I think, is Coleridge's, and a very good word it is).