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Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, esp. to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds. Though throned midst Latium's classic plains. Mrs. He…

Pertaining to classification; admitting of classification. "A classificatory system." Earle.

Pertaining to what may be taken apart; as, clastic anatomy (of models).

Of or pertaining to the clavicle.

Of or pertaining to Clement, esp. to St.Clement of Rome and the spurious homilies attributed to him, or to Pope Clement V. and his compilations of canon law.

Of or pertaining to the clergy; clerical; clerkily; learned. [Obs.] Milton.

Of or pertaining to the clergy; suitable for the clergy. "A clerical education." Burke.

Of or pertaining to a clerk. Cranmer.

Of or pertaining to a client. A dependent and cliental relation. Burke. I sat down in the cliental chair. Dickens.

Of or pertaining to a climax; forming, or of the nature of, a climax, or ascending series.

Of or pertaining to a climate; depending on, or limited by, a climate.

Of or pertaining to climatology.

Of or pertaining to a bed, especially, a sick bed.

Pertaining to, or the direction of, the clinidiagonal.

Pertaining to that mode of projection in drawing in which the rays of light are supposed to fall obliquely on the plane of projection.

Pertaining to, or ascertained by, the clinometer.

Of or pertaining to a clique; disposed to from cliques; exclusive in spirit. -- Cli"*quish*ness, n.

Of or pertaining to a cloaca.

Of, pertaining to, or confined in, a cloister; recluse. [Written also cloisteral.] Best become a cloistral exercise. Daniel.

Of or pertaining to the Herring family.