'Clerical' definitions:
Definition of 'clerical'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to clerks; "clerical work"
adjective
Of or relating to the clergy; "clerical collar"
adjective
Appropriate for or engaged in office work; "clerical skills"; "a clerical job"; "the clerical staff"
Definition of 'Clerical'
From: GCIDE
- Clerical \Cler"ic*al\, a. [LL. clericalis. See Clerk.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to the clergy; suitable for the clergy. "A clerical education." --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Of or relating to a clerk or copyist, or to writing. "Clerical work." --E. Everett. [1913 Webster]
- 3. characteristic of the work performed by a clerk, secretary, or copyist, or suitable to be performed by a clerk. "Clerical staff." [PJC]
- A clerical error, an error made in copying or writing. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'clerical'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbatial,
- abbatical,
- accounting,
- apostolic,
- archiepiscopal,
- bookkeeping,
- canonical,
- capitular,
- capitulary,
- churchly,
- churchman,
- cleric,
- clerk,
- divine,
- ecclesiastic,
- ecclesiastical,
- episcopal,
- episcopalian,
- evangelistic,
- hieratic,
- minister,
- ministerial,
- monastic,
- office,
- papal,
- parson,
- pastoral,
- pontifical,
- preacher,
- prelatial,
- prelatic,
- priest-ridden,
- priestish,
- priestly,
- professional,
- rabbinic,
- reverend,
- sacerdotal,
- secretarial,
- stenographic,
- ultramontane