† clergicaladj.
Obsolete. rare.
Pertaining to the clergy.
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rulerc1390
reverent1398
ruly?c1450
ecclesiasticala1538
ministerial1561
clerical1592
ecclesiastic1603
cleric1623
reverend1625
clergical1632
clergya1635
hieratical1656
churchmanlike1786
shovel-hatted1832
churchmanly1833
hieratic1866
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 437 So concludeth this Clergicall corruption there.
1641 J. Milton Animadversions 61 Those Clergicall faults which he could not conceale.
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