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This change, now necessary in consequence of his semiclerical character, influenced him through every relation of life.

From Going to Maynooth Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William

On it lay a ragged grey scarf and an odd felt hat of semiclerical shape.

From The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith