as in ministerial
of, relating to, or characteristic of the clergy
clerical duties such as providing spiritual counseling and leading Bible study classes
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as in priest
a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church
some of the state's most prominent clericals have spoken out against the measure
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Recent Examples of clerical
Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
This highlights the potential of AI scribes not only to alleviate clerical burdens but to enrich the core patient-doctor relationship that underpins primary care.
—Stephen Wunker, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Supervision may be exercised over professional architects, engineers, sub-professional assistants, construction, inspection, maintenance or related clerical operations.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
And unlike in the years after the Iran-Iraq War, when Iran had the advantage of a comparatively youthful leadership, Khamenei and his inner circle have become a gerontocracy, and a new generation is increasingly impatient with clerical rule.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
The department slashed another 89 Education Department contracts including a contractor hired to manage mail and clerical operations.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
This highlights the potential of AI scribes not only to alleviate clerical burdens but to enrich the core patient-doctor relationship that underpins primary care.
—Stephen Wunker, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Supervision may be exercised over professional architects, engineers, sub-professional assistants, construction, inspection, maintenance or related clerical operations.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
And unlike in the years after the Iran-Iraq War, when Iran had the advantage of a comparatively youthful leadership, Khamenei and his inner circle have become a gerontocracy, and a new generation is increasingly impatient with clerical rule.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clerical
Adjective
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In the city’s initial ministerial review in 2020, the developer was asked to confirm that the science and research uses would generate up to 3,540 ADT, and that accessory retail and service uses would be non-trip generating and therefore not count against the square footage.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
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Syrians are also wary of the promises of inclusivity coming from a government led by Mr. al-Shara’s Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which has given government and ministerial positions to its own loyalists.—
Raja Abdulrahim,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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Catholic priests fiercely denounced Evangelina's efforts.—
Laura Gómez,
Scientific American,
26 Mar. 2025
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Then Vincent disappears, and Jérémie finds himself at the center of a police investigation and being eyed suspiciously by the locals, including a dour, snooping priest (Jacques Develay); a stolid, schlubby ex-farmer named Walter (David Ayala); and Vincent’s wife, Annie (Tatiana Spivakova).—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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Stay Here: Twin Farms in Barnard is planted on a 300-acre pastoral estate, and offers 28 cottages and suites (each individually decorated).—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
20 Mar. 2025
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At the same time, too, this is the same man who grew up on pastoral Oregon farmland, pushing himself on pre-dawn lifts, who nearly hyperventilated in the shower before one freshman-year playoff game at Crescent Valley.—
Luca Evans,
The Denver Post,
16 Mar. 2025
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To the congregation, Rose had been much more than a charismatic preacher.—
Guthrie Scrimgeour,
Rolling Stone,
16 Mar. 2025
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Blige also connected jazz (scat singing, riffing on a phrase, improvising wordless lines), gospel (testifying akin to a preacher delivering a sermon) and hip hop traditions.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2025
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Hardline Muslim clerics and their religious police have been sidelined.—
Ned Temko,
The Christian Science Monitor,
13 Mar. 2025
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He was elected leader of the armed group in 1992 as a 32-year-old cleric.—
CNN Staff,
CNN,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Clerical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clerical. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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