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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[LL.

clericalis

See

Of or pertaining to the clergy; suitable for the clergy.

“A clerical education.”

Burke.

Of or relating to a clerk or copyist, or to writing.

“Clerical work.”

E. Everett.

A clerical error

an error made in copying or writing.

Adj.

Relating or pertaining to the clergy as clerical tonsure; clerical robes; clerical duties.

See also: clerical

clérical m ‎(feminine singular cléricale, masculine plural cléricaux, feminine plural cléricales)