"clergical" meaning in English

See clergical in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more clergical [comparative], most clergical [superlative]
Etymology: From clergy + -ical. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|clergy|ical}} clergy + -ical Head templates: {{en-adj}} clergical (comparative more clergical, superlative most clergical)
  1. (obsolete) learned Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-clergical-en-adj-1448ONmN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ical, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ical: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 98 2
  2. Of or pertaining to the clergy; clerical.
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          "text": "Conſtantine might have done more juſtly to have puniſh’d thoſe Clergicall faults which he could not conceale, than to leave them unpuniſh’d, that they might remaine conceal’d: […]",
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