clerical
Speech parts
1. clerical - Noun
2. clerical - Adjective
3. clerical - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Of or pertaining to the clergy; suitable for the clergy.
Of or relating to a clerk or copyist, or to writing.
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Examples
To take those fools in clerical garb seriously is to show them too much honor.
People who don't know any better will always be in the dark because the power lies in the hands of men who take good care that ordinary folk don't understand, in the hands, that is, of the government, of the clerical party, of the capitalists.
I died. I died and someone made a clerical error and I am in Heaven.
After the rise of socialism and the retreat of monarchical and clerical rule, liberalism became, in effect, the new conservatism in that it took on the mantle of the status quo.
The Reverend Pullman sat on the opposite side of the bench, wearing clerical garb and one of those unctuous smiles that proclaims a monopoly on truth.
Sometimes I wonder why the corporate world is seen as a god choice for those of us that will never rise above clerical work and general administration.