Clerical Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Clerical

office
Concerning clerks
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filing
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secretarial
Connected with a secretary's work.
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typing
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accounting
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divine
A theologian
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stenographic
Of or pertaining to stenography
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bookkeeping
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written
The definition of written is words put down so that they can be read.
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administrative
Of or connected with administration; executive
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monastic
Self-abnegating; austere.
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scribal
Arising from the process of writing
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assistant
Holding an auxiliary position; subordinate.
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on the support staff
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white-collar
Pertaining to the culture of white-collar workers, as values, politics, etc.; contrasted with blue-collar.
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ministerial
Having the power to wield delegated executive authority.
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sacerdotal
Characterized by belief in the divine authority of the priesthood
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priestly
Of or relating to priests; order of the priests; high religious position
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pastoral
Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life.
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apostolic
(--- Roman Catholic Church) Of or relating to the pope as the successor of Saint Peter; papal.
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theocratic
Pertaining to theocracy.
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monkish
Of or like monks or monastic life; specif., reclusive, self-denying, etc.
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rabbinical
Of or for the rabbinate
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churchly
Pertaining to or relating to the church, its government, forms, or ceremonies; ecclesiastical.
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cleric
Relating to the clergy or one of its members
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prelatic
Alternative form of prelatical.
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papal
Of, relating to, or issued by a pope:
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episcopal
Of or relating to the affairs of a bishop in various Christian churches.
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canonical
The definition of canonical is accepted or according to the church or Bible.
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pontifical
Pompously dogmatic or self-important; pretentious.
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ordained
Established by authority.
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of the cloth
Concerning the clergy
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sacred
The definition of sacred is something related to religion or something treated with great respect.
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holy
(Slang) Used as an intensifier in various interjections.
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ecclesiastical
The definition of ecclesiastical is something derived from or related to the Christian church.
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parsonic
Of or relating to a parson; clerical.
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in God's service
Concerning the clergy
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doing the Lord's work
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churchman
A person (originally a man) of authority in a religious organization; a cleric.
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clergyman
A man who is a member of the clergy.
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clergywoman
A woman who is a member of the clergy
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clerk
The definition of a clerk is a person who works in an office doing duties such as filing, organizing, mailing, etc. or a person who works at a sales counter.
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minister
A high officer of state appointed to head an executive or administrative department of government.
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parson
An Anglican cleric with full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law; a rector.
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preacher
One who preaches, especially one who publicly proclaims the gospel for an occupation.
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reverend
(Informal) a member of the Christian clergy
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parsonish
(Colloquial, derogatory) Like, or befitting, a parson.
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churchwoman
The female equivalent of a churchman.
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Antonyms for Clerical

lay
Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution.
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worldly
Concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual.
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civilian
The definition of civilian is something that is for someone who isn't in the military.
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Words Related to Clerical

religion
The belief in and worship of a supernatural controlling power, especially a personal god or gods.
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para-professional
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Clerical Sentence Examples

  • Until I'm certified, I'll do clerical jobs and help out.

  • I charge him for the office space and clerical help but we operate independently.

  • Plotting was rife at Milan, as also at Bologna, where the memory of old liberties predisposed men to cast off clerical rule and led to the first rising on behalf of Italian liberty in the year 1794.

  • From the first the Crusade, however clerical in its conception, was largely secular in its conduct; and thus, somewhat paradoxically, a religious enterprise aided the growth of the secular motive, and contributed to the escape of the laity from that tendency towards a papal theocracy, which was evident in the pontificate of Gregory VII.

  • The church courts could not indeed decide cases of perjury; but, on the other hand, they tried all matters in which clerical property was concerned, and all cases of dispute between husband and wife.

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