clerical

  • 11clerical — Clerical, [cleric]ale. adj. Appartenant au Clerc, ou Ecclesiastique. L Ordre Clerical. la Tonsure Clericale. les fonctions Clericales …

    Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • 12clerical — (Del lat. clericālis). 1. adj. Perteneciente o relativo al clérigo. Hábito, estado clerical. 2. Marcadamente afecto y sumiso al clero y a sus directrices …

    Diccionario de la lengua española

  • 13clerical — [kler′i kəl] adj. [ME < LL(Ec) clericalis, clerical, priestly < clericus: see CLERK] 1. relating to the clergy or one of its members 2. relating to office clerks or their work 3. favoring clericalism n. 1. a member of the clergy 2 …

    English World dictionary

  • 14Clerical — (v. gr.), die Geistlichkeit betreffend. Daher Clericale Partei, eine Partei, welche die Interessen der Kirche gegenüber dem Staate vertritt; Clericalis ars, Schreibkunst, s. Clerc 2) …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 15clerical — 1590s, pertaining to the clergy, from CLERIC (Cf. cleric) + AL (Cf. al) (1). Meaning pertaining to clerks is from 1798 …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 16clerical — adj. 2 g. Relativo ao clero; do clero …

    Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • 17clerical — ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to the routine work of an office clerk. 2) of or relating to the clergy. DERIVATIVES clericalism noun clericalist noun clerically adverb …

    English terms dictionary

  • 18clerical — clericality, n. clerically, adv. /kler i keuhl/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, appropriate for, or assigned to an office clerk or clerks: a clerical job. 2. doing the work of a clerk or clerks: a clerical assistant; a clerical staff. 3. of,… …

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  • 19clerical — [[t]kle̱rɪk(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ: ADJ n 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. Syn:… …

    English dictionary

  • 20clerical — cler|i|cal [ klerıkl ] adjective * 1. ) connected with the ordinary work that people do in offices: administrative and clerical staff routine clerical work a clerical error (=a mistake made by someone working in an office): He blamed the mix up… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English