as in ministerial
of, relating to, or characteristic of the clergy
clerical duties such as providing spiritual counseling and leading Bible study classes
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as in priest
a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church
some of the state's most prominent clericals have spoken out against the measure
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Recent Examples of clerical
Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 17 Sep. 2025
After his retirement George Austen enjoyed an income of up to £600 per annum from his clerical livings and an annuity (Letters, 29); all this disappeared with his death.
—Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
They will not be armed and will focus on logistics, including transporting detainees, assisting ICE agents during transfers, and handling clerical processing.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
The clerical regime uses the IRGC for its terrorist and kidnapping operations abroad.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Monarez's mother, worked in odd jobs in factories, clerical positions, and, Monarez's personal favorite, as a librarian.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 17 Sep. 2025
After his retirement George Austen enjoyed an income of up to £600 per annum from his clerical livings and an annuity (Letters, 29); all this disappeared with his death.
—Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
They will not be armed and will focus on logistics, including transporting detainees, assisting ICE agents during transfers, and handling clerical processing.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
The clerical regime uses the IRGC for its terrorist and kidnapping operations abroad.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clerical
Adjective
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Next, approval is needed at the ESA ministerial meeting in Bremen, Germany, in November, allowing a mission definition phase, leading to mission adoption in 2034 and a launch around 2042.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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On Tuesday, during a high level ministerial meeting at the U.N. co-presided by Haiti, Canada pledged an additional $40 million Canadian ($29 million US) for the multinational security mission and its successor force.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
23 Sep. 2025
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Many African Anglican churches refuse to ordain female priests.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The prison’s priest, Father Joseph O’Brien (Isaacs), joins forces with Jim Estelle (Kitsch), head of the Texas Department of Corrections, by offering himself as a hostage to out-game Carrasco and his men, in an effort to save the lives of the other hostages that have been taken.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
1 Oct. 2025
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Once the seat of dukes and later a wartime naval base, the pastoral country estate in Ireland's County Fermanagh comprises a historic residence, five cottages, a walled garden, and vast sporting grounds.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
25 Sep. 2025
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One of the original parks designed by Olmsted, the park provides a pastoral setting amid rolling hills, open meadows and woodlands of the Beargrass Creek valley.—
Kirby Adams,
Louisville Courier Journal,
24 Sep. 2025
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Carolyn Smith, the late preacher’s daughter, said her father — like Pendleton a Knoxville College graduate — was instrumental in recruiting Pendleton and other Black educators to teach in San Diego.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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Most famously, the late preacher and radio host Harold Camping predicted doomsday again and again.—
C. A. Bridges,
AZCentral.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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The seventh prisoner, Saman Mohammadi Khiyareh, a Kurd, was convicted over the 2009 assassination of Mamousta Sheikh al-Islam, a pro-government Sunni cleric in the Kurdish city of Sanandaj.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Iran will never bow to foreign pressure over its nuclear program, senior cleric Ahmad Khatami said Friday, warning that the country’s uranium enrichment is a nonnegotiable symbol of national sovereignty.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Clerical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clerical. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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