Clerical jobs, skills, and workers are concerned with work that is done in an office.
...a strike by clerical staff in all government departments.
The hospital blamed the mix-up on a clerical error.
Synonyms: administrative, office, clerkly, bureaucratic More Synonyms of clerical
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Clerical means relating to the clergy.
...a bearded man in a dark suit and clerical collar.
...Iran's clerical leadership.
More Synonyms of clerical
clerical in British English
(ˈklɛrɪkəl)
adjective
1.
relating to or associated with the clergy
clerical dress
2.
of or relating to office clerks or their work
a clerical error
3.
supporting or advocating clericalism
Derived forms
clerically (ˈclerically)
adverb
clerical in American English
(ˈklɛrɪkəl)
adjective
1.
relating to the clergy or one of its members
2.
relating to office clerks or their work
3.
favoring clericalism
noun
4.
a member of the clergy
5. [pl.]
clerics' garments
6.
a person who favors clericalism
Derived forms
clerically (ˈclerically)
adverb
Word origin
ME < LL(Ec) clericalis, clerical, priestly < clericus: see clerk
Examples of 'clerical' in a sentence
clerical
There are numerous examples of skilled clerical work that has "gone global.
Appelbaum, Richard P. Sociology (1995)
They claim the forms only appeared now due to a clerical error.
The Sun (2016)
This day can be turned into a nightmare for the clerical regime.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The proposal makes no mention of clerical collars.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Their official wages were not that far divorced from those of clerical staff.
Leo McKinstry Sir Alf: A Major Reappraisal of the Life and Times of England's Greatest FootballManager (2006)
It will not apply to overpayments caused by clerical or other errors.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Iran remains a clerical regime with big ambitions.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
His cracked celluloid clerical collar was the colour of soiled snow.
John Cornwell Seminary Boy (2006)
The change meant fewer administrative and clerical staff were needed.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He suggested it was a clerical error.
The Sun (2012)
Most settlements for health and clerical staff are small but some senior managers are being offered hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They wore clerical garb at all times, and were not allowed out alone.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Sales, filing and clerical work would be scaled back dramatically.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The MPs all say that they had made clerical errors.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The study shows that repetitive processing, retail work and clerical and secretarial jobs are most at risk.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Following are adapted excerpts from a very long letter he wrote to a novice who had given up the military life for clerical garb.
Christianity Today (2000)
I wear office gear but with a clerical collar and that does reflect my theology.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I can give a lot of the clerical work to the secretary.
Wallace, Louise M & Bundy, Christine Coping with Angina (1990)
Their style of clerical dress?
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I was wearing a clerical collar, suit and hat.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Why should a woman's style go from stylish and elegant to manly and boxy when she is dressed in her clerical attire for ministering?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But it has also in the past declared plants to be nuclear without any clear supporting evidence, apparently hoping that it would embarrass the clerical regime.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In other languages
clerical
British English: clerical ADJECTIVE
Clerical jobs, skills, and workers are concerned with work that is done in an office.
...a strike by clerical staff in all government departments.
American English: clerical
Brazilian Portuguese: de escritório
Chinese: 办公室文书工作的
European Spanish: de oficina
French: de bureauN
German: Büro-
Italian: di {o} da impiegato
Japanese: 事務の
Korean: 사무직의
European Portuguese: pessoal administrativo
Latin American Spanish: de oficina
1 (adjective)
Definition
of clerks or office work
The hospital blamed the mix-up on a clerical error.
Synonyms
administrative
office
clerkly
bureaucratic
The school is free from bureaucratic control.
secretarial
book-keeping
stenographic
clerkish
2 (adjective)
Definition
of or associated with the clergy
a clergyman who had failed to carry out his clerical duties
Synonyms
ecclesiastical
They refused to acknowledge the ecclesiastical supremacy of the monarch.
priestly
his priestly duties
pastoral
the pastoral duties of bishops
sacerdotal
Additional synonyms
in the sense of bureaucratic
The school is free from bureaucratic control.
Synonyms
administrative,
political,
official,
ministerial,
governmental,
red-tape
in the sense of pastoral
Definition
of or relating to a member of the clergy or his or her duties