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Webster 1913 Edition


Clerical

Cler′ic-al

,
Adj.
[LL.
clericalis
.
See
Clerk
.]
1.
Of or pertaining to the clergy; suitable for the clergy.
“A clerical education.”
Burke.
2.
Of or relating to a clerk or copyist, or to writing.
“Clerical work.”
E. Everett.
A clerical error
,
an error made in copying or writing.

Webster 1828 Edition


Clerical

CLERICAL

,
Adj.
Relating or pertaining to the clergy as clerical tonsure; clerical robes; clerical duties.