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His critics agree that a call from a church is rarely rescinded, but say that Merriam's unclerical behavior has forced the presby tery to take drastic action.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

A moment later he noticed that his dress was unclerical, his hands small and brown, his eyes deep-set and dark.

From A Gamble with Life by Hocking, Silas K. (Silas Kitto)

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

Our revered friend, W. W., is quite as bonny, pleasant, lighthearted, good-tempered, generous, careless, fickle, and unclerical as ever. 

From Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle by Shorter, Clement King

“He makes a fool of her,” was the bridegroom’s unclerical retort.

From Imprudence by Young, F.E. Mills