The church's publication of a rant against same-sex marriage was clearly a clerical error.
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Clerical
Synonyms for "clerical" (102 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Noun(6 words)
admin officeadministrative capacityadministrative functionadministrative officeadministrative responsibilitiesadministrative task
Adjective(8 words)
administrativeadministrative areaadministrative bodyadministrative dutiesadministrative mattersadministrative practiceadministrative vacancybureaucratic
Strong matches (30)
Noun(6 words)
Adjective(6 words)
Related words (51)
Noun(9 words)
ministerministerialmonasticofficepadrepapalparsonpastorpastoralpontificalpreacherprelatialprelaticpriest-riddenpriestishpriestlyprofessionalrabbinicrectorreverend
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Adjective(13 words)
minoan priestnonexecutivenonexecutive rolesnonteachingnonteaching labeloffice-basedpastoral societypriestlierpriestlyreligiousreligious ordervestmentalvicarial
Determiner(1 words)
most administrative procedure
Verb(1 words)
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7 entriesCollocations
6 entriesclerical collarclerical dutiesclerical errorclerical staffclerical tasksclerical work
Inflections
2 entriesmore clericalmost clerical
Derivations
6 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
7 total sentences available.
A collar may come in many varieties, from button-down to clerical, and Mandarin to Masonic, but it is never a lapel.
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I find it so strange that keyboards can be both musical and clerical.
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With a unanimity which seems almost incomprehensible, and for a long time was not understood by historians, the urban agglomerations, down to the smallest burgs, began to shake off the yoke of their worldly and clerical lords.
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