clerkhoodn.
/ˈklɑːkhʊd/ 1. The status or position of a clergyman. archaic.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun] > office of
clergyc1440
clerkhoodc1449
clerkship?1488
ministration1550
ministry1560
clergyship1620
clericality1660
cassock1687
churchmanship1690
the cloth1709
clericature1725
clericate1869
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 380 Officis of bischophode or louȝer preesthode or louȝer clerkhode.
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 43 Noiþer in clerked of pore to be maid riche.
1849 D. Rock Church our Fathers I. ii. 185 The Tonsure, or mark of clerk-hood.
2. The status or position of an office clerk.
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society > communication > writing > [noun] > writing as occupation
writingc1405
scriveneryc1454
clerkship1550
calligraphy1590
pencraft1600
scribeship1606
clerking1679
pen-and-inkmanship1804
clerkhood1873
clerkage1883
clerkery1883
clerkdom-
1873 Argosy 15 308 He had plodded diligently through clerkhood to merchanthood.
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