"clerical" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈklɛɹɪkəl/ [UK] Audio: En-us-clerical.ogg [US]
Etymology: From Late Latin clēricālis (“clerical”), from clēricus (“clergyman, priest”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|LL.|clēricālis||clerical}} Late Latin clēricālis (“clerical”), {{m|la|clēricus||clergyman, priest}} clēricus (“clergyman, priest”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} clerical (not comparable)
  1. Of or relating to clerks or their work. Tags: not-comparable Translations (of or relating to clerks or their work): канцеларски (kancelarski) (Bulgarian), úřednický (Czech), toimisto- (Finnish), administratif (French), υπαλληλικός (ypallilikós) (Greek), γραφειοκρατικός (grafeiokratikós) (Greek), cléireachais [form-of, genitive, noun] (Irish), d'ufficio (Italian), amministrativo (Italian), burocratico (Italian), cleree [form-of, genitive, noun] (Manx), biurowy (Polish), канцеля́рский (kanceljárskij) (Russian), clèireachail (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-clerical-en-adj-cvN-1VhV Disambiguation of 'of or relating to clerks or their work': 99 1
  2. Of or relating to the clergy. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: cleric Translations (of or relating to the clergy): κληρικός (klērikós) (Ancient Greek), կղերական (kġerakan) (Armenian), свещенически (svešteničeski) (Bulgarian), духовен (duhoven) (Bulgarian), clerical (Catalan), kněžský (Czech), papillinen (Finnish), clérical (French), clerical (Galician), klerikal (German), geistlich (German), priesterlich (German), κληρικός (klirikós) (Greek), ιερατικός (ieratikós) (Greek), cléiriúil (Irish), clericale (Italian), agglishagh (Manx), saggyrtoil (Manx), geistlig (Norwegian Bokmål), geistleg (Norwegian Nynorsk), clerical (Portuguese), духо́вный (duxóvnyj) (Russian), церко́вный (cerkóvnyj) (Russian), clèireachail (Scottish Gaelic), clerical (Spanish), simbahanin (Tagalog), clerigol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-clerical-en-adj-69qCj1cG Disambiguation of 'of or relating to the clergy': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: clerical collar, clerical error, clericality, clerical marriage, clerical script Related terms: clergy, clergyman, cleric, clerk

Noun

IPA: /ˈklɛɹɪkəl/ [UK] Audio: En-us-clerical.ogg [US] Forms: clericals [plural]
Etymology: From Late Latin clēricālis (“clerical”), from clēricus (“clergyman, priest”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|LL.|clēricālis||clerical}} Late Latin clēricālis (“clerical”), {{m|la|clēricus||clergyman, priest}} clēricus (“clergyman, priest”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} clerical (plural clericals)
  1. (now uncommon) A member of the clergy. Tags: uncommon
    Sense id: en-clerical-en-noun-gUiw8FUn
  2. (in the plural, informal) Clerical garments. Tags: in-plural, informal
    Sense id: en-clerical-en-noun-6i6HZwEZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 28 30 40 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 24 26 47

Inflected forms

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      "word": "biurowy"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kanceljárskij",
      "sense": "of or relating to clerks or their work",
      "word": "канцеля́рский"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "of or relating to clerks or their work",
      "word": "clèireachail"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kġerakan",
      "sense": "of or relating to the clergy",
      "word": "կղերական"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svešteničeski",
      "sense": "of or relating to the clergy",
      "word": "свещенически"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "duhoven",
      "sense": "of or relating to the clergy",
      "word": "духовен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "of or relating to the clergy",
      "word": "clerical"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "of or relating to the clergy",
      "word": "kněžský"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or relating to the clergy",
      "word": "papillinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of or relating to the clergy",
      "word": "clérical"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "of or relating to the clergy",
      "word": "clerical"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or relating to the clergy",
      "word": "klerikal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or relating to the clergy",
      "word": "geistlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or relating to the clergy",
      "word": "priesterlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "klirikós",
      "sense": "of or relating to the clergy",
      "word": "κληρικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ieratikós",
      "sense": "of or relating to the clergy",
      "word": "ιερατικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "klērikós",
      "sense": "of or relating to the clergy",
      "word": "κληρικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of or relating to the clergy",
      "word": "cléiriúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of or relating to the clergy",
      "word": "clericale"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "of or relating to the clergy",
      "word": "agglishagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "of or relating to the clergy",
      "word": "saggyrtoil"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "of or relating to the clergy",
      "word": "geistlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "of or relating to the clergy",
      "word": "geistleg"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or relating to the clergy",
      "word": "clerical"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "duxóvnyj",
      "sense": "of or relating to the clergy",
      "word": "духо́вный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "cerkóvnyj",
      "sense": "of or relating to the clergy",
      "word": "церко́вный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "of or relating to the clergy",
      "word": "clèireachail"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or relating to the clergy",
      "word": "clerical"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "of or relating to the clergy",
      "word": "simbahanin"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "of or relating to the clergy",
      "word": "clerigol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "clerical"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English relational adjectives",
    "English terms derived from Late Latin",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
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        "2": "LL.",
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        "4": "",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "A member of the clergy."
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        "(now uncommon) A member of the clergy."
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        "Clerical garments."
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      "ipa": "/ˈklɛɹɪkəl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/En-us-clerical.ogg",
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  ],
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}

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