clerkliness|ˈklɑːklɪnɪs| [f. clerkly + -ness.] Clerkly quality; scholarliness; learning. 1533More Answ. Poysoned Bk.Wks. 1088/2 He woulde..shew his clerklynesse before unlearned men.1646Recorde's Gr. Artes 4, I may perceive your great clerklinesse by the ordering of your Sciences.