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clericals

British  
/ ˈklɛrɪkəlz /

plural noun

  1. the distinctive dress of a member of the clergy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Out of jails all over Spain and across frontiers they poured last week. 9,000 monarchists, clericals, politicians.

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And with an urbane, engaging smile, out of his long black clericals he pops it: natural law.

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His own Christian Democrats include monarchists and republicans, rebels and traditionalists, free enterprisers and welfare staters, clericals and anticlericals.

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That is when Beaumont, 33, puts on his clericals and drives to St. Stephen's Church in Westminster to deliver the sermon or officiate at Holy Communion.

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Mr. Cooper had to cough so he could pretend not to be laughing, and he winked at Johnny in spite of the dignity of his black clericals, white bands, and great woolly wig.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

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