clerical
adjective
unclerical
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a word derived from
clerical.
Example Sentences
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His critics agree that a call from a church is rarely rescinded, but say that Merriam's unclerical behavior has forced the presby tery to take drastic action.
From Time Magazine Archive
Discipline generally was lax, and exhortations against field-sports, tavern haunting and other unclerical habits seem to have had little effect.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" by Various
The very priests caught the example, and decked themselves in unclerical garments.
From A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII by Samuel Rawson Gardiner
The monk rushed into the hall with most unclerical haste, and was not disappointed.
From In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II by Paul Heyse
It may be incidentally inserted here that this unclerical encounter of mine was afterwards referred to at a meeting of St. Cuthbert's session.
From St. Cuthbert's by Robert E. Knowles
