释义 |
clerify, v. nonce-wd.|ˈklɛrɪfaɪ| [ad. med.L. clērificāre, f. late L. clēr-us: see cleric, and -fy.] trans. To make clerical. So clerifiˈcation.
1861Sat. Rev. 9 Mar. 243/2 Lord Palmerston's conversion..has (no doubt) sanctified him, but it has also clerified him—to coin a new word for what, happily..is a new fact. 1867Ibid. 6 July 10/2 The process of clerification. |