Clerkless
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Without clerks. not-comparable
"Whatever the cause of the failure, the clerkless store did not materialize."
- 2 Uneducated. not-comparable, obsolete, rare
"[…] at which Postern may come in Tyranny, and rigorous cruelty; like that of the Turk, whose military Janizaries and Bashaws, rule all in their Clerklesse and cruel way; to abate the fear of which, as Armes have been practised but sparingly by true and Virtuous Princes, so hath Learning still been kept on and encouraged, as that which modificates, and attempers the rigidity of Martial inclinations."
Example
More examples"Whatever the cause of the failure, the clerkless store did not materialize."
Etymology
From Middle English clerkles; equivalent to clerk + -less.
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