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Clement

CLEMENT

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Adj.
Mild in temper and disposition; gentle; lenient; merciful; kind; tender; compassionate.

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Clement

Clement

See also: clement, clément, and Clément

English

Proper noun

Clement

  1. A male given name, borne by an early pope and by several saints.
    • 1611, Bible (KJV):: Philippians 4:3:
      And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.

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clement

clement

See also: Clement, clément, and Clément

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Adjective

clement (comparative more clement, superlative most clement)

  1. Lenient or merciful; charitable.
  2. Said of weather and similar circumstances that are mild.
    • 1984, Edna O'Brien, "The Bachelor" in A Fanatic Heart, New York: Plume, p. 66,
      The weather is clement, though there was a downpour yesterday and I was obliged to take precautions.
    • 1992, A. B. Yehoshua, Mr. Mani, translated by Hillel Halkin, New York: Doubleday, pp. 314-5,
      The earth was still dry and the air was perfectly clement.

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  1. clement in: T. F. Hoad, Concise Dictionary of English Etymology, Oxford University Press, 2003, ISBN 978-0-19-283098-8