Clerical
['klerɪk(ə)l] or ['klɛrɪkl]
Definition
(adj.) appropriate for or engaged in office work; 'clerical skills'; 'a clerical job'; 'the clerical staff' .
(adj.) of or relating to the clergy; 'clerical collar' .
(adj.) of or relating to clerks; 'clerical work' .
Edited by Jeremy--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to the clergy; suitable for the clergy.
(a.) Of or relating to a clerk or copyist, or to writing.
Checked by Giselle
Examples
- If you were asked to enumerate the different kinds of clerical work performed in the modern business office, you would probably fail to mention the writing of names. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- One of them--a clerical friend--kindly helped me to take sittings for our little party in the church in which he himself ministered. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- This is the Reverend Mr. Tousley, Jane, said Canler, turning to the clerical party behind him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- But who is the clerical appearing gentleman with him? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The universities in England particularly, being primarily clerical in their constitution, resisted the new learning very bitterly. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They had gained the middle of it, when excitement became obvious in the clerical commanders. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- We were busy with Peepy, taking off his clerical hat, asking him if he remembered us, and so on. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Well, if I knew as little of life as that, I'd eat my hat and swallow the buckle whole,' said the clerical gentleman. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The head master and his clerical assistant are both represented as being privy to the affair. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There were numerous clerical prisons in which offenders might pine all their lives. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It implied that Mrs. Weller was a most agreeable female, and also that Mr. Stiggins had a clerical appearance. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- These, however, were proper, steady-going, clerical faults--what many would call virtues. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And a bender,' suggested the clerical gentleman. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Indeed, although the parish was large, the Rector's congregation was not, and his clerical occupation did not entail much work. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Nor will I curse Helstone, clerical Cossack as he was. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Edited by Johanna