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His critics agree that a call from a church is rarely rescinded, but say that Merriam's unclerical behavior has forced the presby tery to take drastic action.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
The bishops were largely engaged in secular business; there was much plurality, and cathedral and collegiate churches were frequently left to inferior officers whose lives were unclerical.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" by Various
We are sorry to say that a correspondent, writing from Winchester, is so disrespectful as to suggest a motive for the erection of these barriers of a nature unclerical, if not unworthy.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
The jealous ears of the rigorously orthodox heard him thus far without being able to detect absolute heresy, though they were sensitively alive to the unusual style and very unclerical tone of the speaker’s voice.
From The Eagle Cliff by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
For acts like these—deemed unclerical, at least, if not unnatural—he was convicted and hanged; and a well on the premises of Oak Knoll is still known as the "witch well."
From John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings by Kennedy, W. Sloane
