The church's publication of a rant against same-sex marriage was clearly a clerical error.
Source: tatoeba (2337176)
Clerical
Synonyms for "clerical" (54 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (27)
Related word relations
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Related terms
4 entriesderived
16 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
48 translations across 23 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κληρικός adj (of or relating to the clergy)
Armenian
1 entries- կղերական adj (of or relating to the clergy)
Bulgarian
3 entries- духовен adj (of or relating to the clergy)
- канцеларски adj (of or relating to clerks or their work)
- свещенически adj (of or relating to the clergy)
Catalan
1 entries- clerical adj (of or relating to the clergy)
Czech
4 entries- administrativní adj (of or relating to clerks or their work)
- duchovní adj (of or relating to the clergy)
- kancelářský adj (of or relating to clerks or their work)
- klerikální adj (of or relating to the clergy)
Dutch
3 entries- administratief adj (of or relating to clerks or their work)
- geestelijk adj (of or relating to the clergy)
- klerikaal adj (of or relating to the clergy)
Finnish
2 entries- papillinen adj (of or relating to the clergy)
- toimisto adj (of or relating to clerks or their work)
French
2 entries- administratif adj (of or relating to clerks or their work)
- clérical adj (of or relating to the clergy)
Galician
1 entries- clerical adj (of or relating to the clergy)
German
3 entries- geistlich adj (of or relating to the clergy)
- klerikal adj (of or relating to the clergy)
- priesterlich adj (of or relating to the clergy)
Greek
4 entries- γραφειοκρατικός adj (of or relating to clerks or their work)
- ιερατικός adj (of or relating to the clergy)
- κληρικός adj (of or relating to the clergy)
- υπαλληλικός adj (of or relating to clerks or their work)
Irish
2 entries- cléireachais adj (of or relating to clerks or their work)
- cléiriúil adj (of or relating to the clergy)
Italian
4 entries- amministrativo adj (of or relating to clerks or their work)
- burocratico adj (of or relating to clerks or their work)
- clericale adj (of or relating to the clergy)
- d'ufficio adj (of or relating to clerks or their work)
Manx
3 entries- agglishagh adj (of or relating to the clergy)
- cleree adj (of or relating to clerks or their work)
- saggyrtoil adj (of or relating to the clergy)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- geistlig adj (of or relating to the clergy)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- geistleg adj (of or relating to the clergy)
Polish
1 entries- biurowy adj (of or relating to clerks or their work)
Portuguese
1 entries- clerical adj (of or relating to the clergy)
Russian
3 entries- духо́вный adj (of or relating to the clergy)
- канцеля́рский adj (of or relating to clerks or their work)
- церко́вный adj (of or relating to the clergy)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- clèireachail adj (of or relating to clerks or their work)
- clèireachail adj (of or relating to the clergy)
Spanish
1 entries- clerical adj (of or relating to the clergy)
Tagalog
1 entries- simbahanin adj (of or relating to the clergy)
Welsh
1 entries- clerigol adj (of or relating to the clergy)
Sample 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.
Source: tatoeba (4476653)
I find it so strange that keyboards can be both musical and clerical.
Source: tatoeba (9497952)
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.
Source: tatoeba (10265603)
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