CLERKSHIPS Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

clerkships

noun

plural of clerkship

as in priesthoods

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laities

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hierarchies

Noun

Decades earlier, Atlanta had thrown its own enormous party, celebrating a fantasy of Southern womanhood while reinforcing the racial and social hierarchies of the real South—and conveniently leaving the horrors of slavery out of the picture.

— Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 3 Nov. 2026
Ponti always rejected rigid hierarchies between high and low.

— Adrian Madlener, Curbed, 2 Nov. 2026

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