clerical
adjective /ˈklerɪkl/
/ˈklerɪkl/
- connected with office work
- clerical workers/staff/assistants
- a clerical error (= one made in copying or calculating something)
- connected with the clergy (= priests)
- a clerical collar (= one that fastens at the back, worn by some priests)
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in sense (2)): from ecclesiastical Latin clericalis, from clericus ‘clergyman’, from Greek klērikos ‘belonging to the Christian clergy’, from klēros ‘lot, heritage’ (Acts 1:26).