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cler·i·cal
(klĕr′ĭ-kəl)adj.
1. Of or relating to clerks or office workers or their work.
2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the clergy.
3. Advocating clericalism.
n.
1. A member of the clergy.
2. clericals Garments worn by the clergy.
3. An advocate of clericalism.
cler′i·cal·ly adv.
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clerical
(ˈklɛrɪkəl)adj
1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) relating to or associated with the clergy: clerical dress.
2. of or relating to office clerks or their work: a clerical error.
3. (Ecclesiastical Terms) supporting or advocating clericalism
ˈclerically adv
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cler•i•cal
(ˈklɛr ɪ kəl)adj.
1. of, appropriate for, or assigned to an office clerk: a clerical job.
2. doing the work of a clerk: a clerical staff.
3. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the clergy or a cleric.
4. advocating clericalism: a clerical party.
n. 5. a cleric.
6. clericals, Informal. clerical garments.
7. a clericalist.
[1585–95; < Late Latin]
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Adj. | 1. | clerical - of or relating to clerks; "clerical work" |
2. | clerical - of or relating to the clergy; "clerical collar" | |
3. | clerical - appropriate for or engaged in office work; "clerical skills"; "a clerical job"; "the clerical staff" white-collar - of or designating salaried professional or clerical work or workers; "the coal miner's son aspired to a white-collar occupation as a bookkeeper" |
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clerical
adjective
1. administrative, office, bureaucratic, secretarial, book-keeping, stenographic The hospital blamed the mix-up on a clerical error.
2. ecclesiastical, priestly, pastoral, sacerdotal a clergyman who had failed to carry out his clerical duties
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clerical
nounA person ordained for service in a Christian church:
churchman, churchwoman, clergyman, clergywoman, cleric, clerk, divine, ecclesiastic, minister, parson, preacher.
Informal: reverend.
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Translations
كِتابيكَهْنوتي، إكليركي
kněžskýúřednický
gejstlig
geistlichhieratisch
prest -, prests-ritara-
garīdznieka-kancelejas-kancelejisks
kňazský
duhovniškipisarniškiuradniški
yazı ile ilgiliyazıcılar veya sekreterlerle ilgili
clerical
[ˈklerɪkəl] ADJ1. (Comm) [job] → de oficina
clerical error → error m de copia
clerical grades (Civil Service etc) → oficinistas mpl
clerical staff → personal m de oficina
clerical work → trabajo m de oficina
clerical worker → oficinista mf
clerical error → error m de copia
clerical grades (Civil Service etc) → oficinistas mpl
clerical staff → personal m de oficina
clerical work → trabajo m de oficina
clerical worker → oficinista mf
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
clerical
[ˈklɛrɪkəl] adj [worker, staff] → de bureau; [work] → administratif/ive
a clerical error → une erreur d'écriture (dans les comptes)
a clerical error → une erreur d'écriture (dans les comptes)
(= priestly) [garb, dress] → de prêtre clerical collar
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
clerical
adj
clerical work/job → Schreib- or Büroarbeit f; clerical worker → Schreib- or Bürokraft f; clerical staff → Schreibkräfte pl, → Büropersonal nt; clerical error → Versehen nt; (in figures, wording etc) → Schreibfehler m; clerical duties → Büroarbeiten pl; clerical inaccuracies → Versehen nt, → Nachlässigkeit f; the clerical branch of the civil service → ˜ die mittlere Beamtenlaufbahn
(Eccl) → geistlich
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
clerical1
(ˈklerikəl) adjective of the clergy. He is wearing a clerical collar.
clerical2
(ˈklerikəl) adjective of a clerk or of his work. a clerical error.
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