as in ministerial
of, relating to, or characteristic of the clergy
a time when the clerkly duties of a country parson might include long rides on horseback to visit the more isolated members of the flock
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Adjective
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But a final decision to proceed and commit to the mission will not be made before the space agency's ministerial meeting in November.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 June 2025 -
Today, Dassault hopes to cash in its experience chips for VORTEX, which has received €30 million (US$35 million) from the French Ministry of Armed Forces, with hopes for more support from ESA later this year after the agency's ministerial meeting in November.—
David Szondy
June 27,
New Atlas,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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The story of baseball is fundamentally nostalgic, connecting us to childhood and to the country’s pastoral beginnings.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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Back in England, the Cotswolds offer a slicker version of pastoral escape.—
Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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Brennan said the decision to end McHugh’s ministry was based on the recommendation of the independent Diocesan Review Board, a panel of church lay people and a priest who review allegations of clerical abuse and misconduct.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
24 June 2025
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Is this the start of the collapse of Iran's clerical regime?—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
22 June 2025
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“Clerkly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clerkly. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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