clerical
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3.7
- adjective
- /ˈklɛrɪkəl/
- Volunteers often help with clerical duties, such as filing and answering phones, at the charity.
- clerical worker
- clerical tasks
- clerical work
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Watch on YouTubeWhen I was in college, I was sure that I've been admitted by a clerical error, probably computer error.
- When I was in college, I was sure that I've been admitted by a clerical error, probably computer error.
Examples
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No matter what we have, the whole thing could be a clerical error.
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Hunger drove Francis to work as a clerical officer in the Post Office.
Fiction book (1990) -
Must have been a clerical mistake.
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I will do this on the condition that when this is all over, you will consider me for a clerical position.
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Yeah, he got his name through a clerical error.
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Tasks given to them may be physical or clerical in nature, or even a combination of both.
Academic text (2013) -
- One is for a part-time clerical job at a law office.
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The next several years were spent at a variety of clerical jobs in Livingstone and Lusaka.
Academic text (1997) -
Fried (1990) conducted a survey of female clerical workers in a variety of offices at a university.
Academic text (1995) -
Counselors' duties included considerable amounts of paperwork or other clerical duties, such as testing, programming, scheduling, and answering emails.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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3.8
Relating to office tasks like paperwork and forms
Compounds
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7.4
A stiff white band worn around the neck by Christian priests and ministers to show they are church leaders
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Morphology
Etymology
Clerical comes from the old word clerk, which originally meant a church man because only church people could read and write. Because those church men did a lot of written work, clerk later came to mean someone who does office papers, so clerical now means 'relating to office work'.