clerical
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6.1
- adjective
- /ˈklɛrɪkəl/
:
eclesiástico
- During the ceremony, the officiant wore a traditional clerical collar to signify his role within the church.
- clerical elite
- clerical privileges
- clerical hierarchy
Now his father was active in left wing politics and rabidly anti clerical, while his mother was a devout Catholic.
- Now his father was active in left wing politics and rabidly anti clerical, while his mother was a devout Catholic.
- You know, there's religious dues and arms that you could pay to the clerical authorities and they redistribute them among their own students and so forth.
Examples
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If you'd be kind enough to bring my shoes and could you let me have my clerical collar?
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The state enjoyed clerical blessings in support of its encouragement of coffee production.
Academic text (1999) -
I did not generally share my clerical background with my clients, but in such instances as this, I did.
Academic text (2008) -
I was half expecting a clerical collar.
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With a sigh of relief, he removed the white clerical collar.
Fiction book (1997) -
In Mexico, meanwhile, various governments beginning in the 1830s sought to limit clerical control over lands and education.
Academic text (1997) -
His death in 1989 brought about a power vacuum and a crisis in legitimacy for the clerical government.
Academic text (1997) -
Elite lay and clerical leaders must grapple with how to discipline the clergy.
Academic text (1996) -
As a quintessential Englishman, Newman felt a certain tension with the clerical culture of the Mediterranean world.
Academic text (1990) -
Within this context, lay uprisings are interpreted as "democratic" stirrings within the hierarchical, patriarchal, clerical Church.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
12
9.9
Connected with the Christian Church and its leaders
10
4.8
Relating to priests or their religious duties
3
6.6
Relating to the work and duties of a priest or pastor
About priests and their duties in religious ceremonies
Compounds
1
7.4
A stiff white band worn around the neck by Christian priests and ministers to show they are church leaders
How Religious
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Clerical comes from the same root as clergy and clerk, and it once meant 'of the clergy' because church leaders ran church offices and services. That's why clerical still often means 'relating to the clergy' or church duties.