Unclerical

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not clerical.

    "The solitary muezzin, who cried the mughreb at the close of the fast, and lighted the lamps on his minaret, went through with his work in most unclerical haste, now that there was no one to notice him."

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"The solitary muezzin, who cried the mughreb at the close of the fast, and lighted the lamps on his minaret, went through with his work in most unclerical haste, now that there was no one to notice him."

Etymology

From un- + clerical.

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