clerkagen.
/ˈklɑːkɪdʒ/ 1. Clerks collectively, a body of clerks. (nonce-use; cf. peerage n. 1, etc.)
ΚΠ
1829 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Mag. 26 397 The mere clerkage..hundreds, perhaps thousands of them.
2. Clerks' work.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > writing > [noun] > writing as occupation
writingc1405
scriveneryc1454
clerkship1550
calligraphy1590
pencraft1600
scribeship1606
clerking1679
pen-and-inkmanship1804
clerkhood1873
clerkage1883
clerkery1883
clerkdom-
1883 Birmgham Weekly Post 11 Aug. 4/5 Each company was put to the expense..of several thousand pounds in clerkage.
1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Jan. 4/1 The extras consisted of checking, clerkage, watching, and labelling.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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