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Showing words for CLERICAL using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Clerical

clerical

7 Letter Words for Clerical

calicle, cerilla, clairce

6 Letter Words for Clerical

aceric, acerli, allice, caille, caller, carcel, carlie, celiac, cellar, cercal, cicale, circle, claire, cleric, eclair, erical, lacier, recall

5 Letter Words for Clerical

accel, acier, aeric, alice, aller, ariel, cacei, calci, calic, calli, carle, carli, cecal, cecil, cella, ceral, cerci, ceria, ceric, cicer, circa, circe, clair, clare, clear, craie, crile, elaic, erica, ileac, ileal, iller, lacer, licca, lilac, lrecl, raile, recal, relic, rille

4 Letter Words for Clerical

acce, acer, acle, acre, aiel, aile, aire, alce, alec, aril, arle, cace, caci, caic, cair, calc, call, care, carl, ceca, ceil, cell, cera, ciel, cill, cira, circ, cire, cirl, clar, cric, earl, eccl, eila, eira, elli, eral, eria, eric, iare, icer, ilea, lace, laer, laic, lair, lare, lari, leal, lear, leir, liar, lice, lier, lila, lile, lira, lire, ller, race, rail, rale, rall, real, rial, rice, riel, rile, rill

3 Letter Words for Clerical

acc, ace, aer, ail, air, alc, ale, all, arc, are, cai, cal, car, cel, cer, cia, cie, cir, cli, clr, crc, crl, ear, ecc, eir, ela, eli, ell, era, ice, ile, ill, ira, ire, lac, lai, lar, lca, lea, lei, ler, lie, lir, rai, rea, rec, rei, rel, ria, rie, rle

Definitions for Clerical

[1] of, pertaining to, appropriate for, or assigned to an office clerk or clerks: a clerical job.
[2] doing the work of a clerk or clerks: a clerical assistant; a clerical staff.
[3] of, relating to, or characteristic of the clergy or a member of the clergy: clerical garb.
[4] advocating the power or influence of the clergy in politics, government, etc.: a clerical party.
[5] a cleric.
[6] clericals, Informal . clerical garments.
[7] a person or a party advocating the power or influence of the church in politics, government, etc.
[8] a person who does clerical work; office worker; clerk.
[9] Also called clerical error. a minor error, as in the keeping of records, the transcribing of documents, or the handling of correspondence.
[10] relating to or associated with the clergy clerical dress
[11] of or relating to office clerks or their work a clerical error
[12] supporting or advocating clericalism

Words related to Clerical

pastoral, ministerial, monastic, ecclesiastical, rabbinical, accounting, bookkeeping, office, subordinate, written, clerkly, scribal, stenographic, typing, canonical, ecclesiastic, holy, papal, pontifical, sacerdotal

Words nearby Clerical

clergy, clergyman, clergyperson, clergywoman, cleric, clerical, clerical collar, clericalism, clericals, clerihew, clerisy

Origin of Clerical

1425–75 for sense “learned”; 1585–95 for def 3 ; late Middle English < Late Latin clēricālis, equivalent to clēric(us ) cleric + -ālis -al1

Other words from Clerical

cler·i·cal·i·ty , noun
cler·i·cal·ly , adverb
in·ter·cler·i·cal , adjective
non·cler·i·cal , adjective, noun
non·cler·i·cal·ly , adverb
pre·cler·i·cal , adjective
pro·cler·i·cal , adjective
pseu·do·cler·i·cal , adjective
pseu·do·cler·i·cal·ly , adverb
qua·si-cler·i·cal , adjective
qua·si-cler·i·cal·ly , adverb
sem·i·cler·i·cal , adjective
sem·i·cler·i·cal·ly , adverb
un·cler·i·cal , adjective
un·cler·i·cal·ly , adverb

Synonyms for Clerical

accounting, bookkeeping, clerkish, clerkly, office, pink collar, scribal, stenographic, subordinate, typing, white collar, written