Entry Word: clerical

Function: adjective

Meaning: of, relating to, or characteristic of the clergy <clerical duties such as providing spiritual counseling and leading classes in Bible study>

Synonyms ministerial, pastoral, priestly, sacerdotal

Related Words evangelical, missionary; apostolic, canonical, episcopal, papal, patriarchal, pontifical; churchly, ecclesiastical (or ecclesiastic); divine, holy, religious, sacramental; rabbinic (or rabbinical)

Antonyms lay, nonclerical