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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Clerical

Clēr'gī-cal, a.

adjective

a. Pertaining to the clergy; clerical. [Obs.] Milton.

Clĕr'ic or Clĕr'ic-al, a.

adjective

a. [L. Lat. clericalis. See supra.]

  1. Relating or pertaining to the clergy. “A clerical education.” Burke.
  2. Relating or pertaining to a clerk or copyist; as, a clerical mistake. “Clerical work.” E. Everett.

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