clerical
Meaning of clerical
- concerned with or relating to work in an office, especially routine documentation and administrative tasks.
a clerical assistant
clerical duties
- relating to the clergy.
he was still attired in his clerical outfit
late 15th century (in clerical (sense 2)): from ecclesiastical Latin clericalis, from clericus ‘clergyman’ (see cleric).
Information about clerical
- It is an adjective.
- The plural form of clerical is: clericals.
- Languages in which clerical is used:
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GalicianHyphenation of clerical
cler-i-cal
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- clerical is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
clerical synonyms
Meaning a room, set of rooms, or building used as a place for commercial, professional, or bureaucratic work:
Meaning a piece of furniture with a flat or sloping surface and typically with drawers, at which one can read, write, or do other work:
Meaning relating to the running of a business, organization, etc:
Meaning relating to the work or position of a secretary:
Meaning the activity or skill of writing:
Meaning the action or skill of writing something by means of a typewriter or computer:
Meaning enter (data) by means of a keyboard:
Meaning a small particle rubbed off by a file when smoothing or shaping something:
Meaning the activity or occupation of keeping records of the financial affairs of a business:
Meaning relating to the Christian Church or its clergy:
Meaning a building used for public Christian worship:
Meaning relating to or befitting a priest or priests:
Meaning (in the Christian Church) concerning or appropriate to the giving of spiritual guidance:
Meaning relating to or believing in a religion:
Meaning relating to or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things:
Meaning relating to the Apostles:
Meaning according to or ordered by canon law:
Meaning dedicated or consecrated to God or a religious purpose; sacred:
Meaning of or like God or a god:
Meaning relating to or serving as a vicar:
Meaning relating to priests or the priesthood; priestly:
Meaning of or concerning priests:
clerical antonyms
Meaning not connected with religious or spiritual matters:
Words that rhyme with clerical
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