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Same as Clerical.

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

An excessive devotion to the interests of the sacerdotal order; undue influence of the clergy; sacerdotalism.

The state of being a clergyman.

worn by those in holy orders when officiating at mass. It was formerly worn, at least by clerics, in daily life.

One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.

A thick plain silk, generally black, and used for clerical. Simmonds.

Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.

astics of the Roman Catholic Church. A cardinal's berretta is scarlet; that worn by other clerics is black, except that a bishop's is lined with green. [Also spelt beretta, biretta, etc.]

or some purpose; a collective whole or totality; a corporation; as, a legislative body; a clerical body. A numerous body led unresistingly to the slaughter. Prescott.

en Anne's bounty (Eng. Hist.), a provision made in Queen Anne's reign for augmenting poor clerical livings.

f the ecclesiastical prince who constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college. The clerics of the supreme Chair are called Cardinals, as undoubtedly adhering more nearly to the hinge by which all things are moved. Pope Leo IX.

One whose pursuits are those of civil life, not military or clerical.

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

lege which was extended to all who could read, such persons being, in the eye of the law, clerici, or clerks. This privilege was abridged and modified by various statutes, and finally abolished in the reign of George IV. (1827). -- Regular clergy, Secular clergy See Regular, n., and Secular, a.

The distinctive dress of any profession, especially of the clergy; hence, the clerical profession. Appeals were made to the priesthood. Would they tamely permit so gross an insult to be offered to their cloth Macaulay. The cloth, the clergy, are constituted for administering and for giving the best possible effect to .…

A vacant living or benefice commended to a cleric (usually a bishop) who enjoyed the revenue until a pastor was provided. A living so held was said to be held in commendam. The practice was abolished by law in 1836. There was [formerly] some sense for commendams. Selden. Partnership in commendam. See under Partnership.…

A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.

s preached; also (esp. in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for "the clerical profession."

inaccuracy; something made wrong or left wrong; as, an error in writing or in printing; a clerical error.