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
Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 12 Mar. 2025
The sociologist Asef Bayat has documented the impact of everyday resistance against the Islamic Republic’s repression, gradually challenging both the clerical establishment and traditional patriarchal beliefs.
—Narges Mohammadi, TIME, 7 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, episcopal courts also worked to punish clerical figures involved in the upheaval.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 9 Mar. 2025
But the invasion that Saddam launched in September 1980 had the unintended effect of strengthening Iran’s new clerical regime.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
The policy prompted several lawsuits from gun dealers who argued their licenses were revoked over minor clerical errors.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 12 Mar. 2025
The sociologist Asef Bayat has documented the impact of everyday resistance against the Islamic Republic’s repression, gradually challenging both the clerical establishment and traditional patriarchal beliefs.
—Narges Mohammadi, TIME, 7 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, episcopal courts also worked to punish clerical figures involved in the upheaval.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 9 Mar. 2025
But the invasion that Saddam launched in September 1980 had the unintended effect of strengthening Iran’s new clerical regime.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clerical
Adjective
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With an impressive academic background and decades of ministerial work, Dr. Joseph has guided and inspired countless individuals through his preaching and writings.—
Ascend Agency,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2025
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The approval process for the project is ministerial, meaning the applicant does not need to seek public input and that review by city staff does not need to include public hearings.—
Robert Vardon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Again, Two Spears deduces the facts — that the priest must have killed the girl’s father before the girl killed the priest in self-defense.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
6 Apr. 2025
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After taking a couple episodes to establish its premise, there’s a procedural rhythm to Hub’s hunting expeditions, tracking targets from a possessed priest to a Satanic cheerleader.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Nowhere is the dream of pastoral harmony regained through scientific knowledge more beautifully realized than in Boucher’s nocturne of a cherub, telescope in hand, contemplating the moon.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
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The album version shifts from what could at first be mistaken for a pastoral, pleasant crooner about country life into a four-alarm fire, crackling with impatient riffs by the first refrain, when horns pile insistently on top of each other only to strip back, again, to an orchestral piano hymn.—
Shana Naomi Krochmal,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The preacher and producer has been dating his soon-to-be wife for a year.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
14 Feb. 2025
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Castillo is ecstatic to be marrying the preacher and was taken aback by the proposal.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
14 Feb. 2025
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An obscure Iranian cleric named Ruhollah Khomeini arrived in the quiet suburb of Neauphle-le-Château in exile, and none of the senior correspondents wanted to make the trek.—
Stephen Heyman,
Vogue,
1 Apr. 2025
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Also on Saturday, a bomb exploded outside a mosque in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing cleric Mufti Shakir, local police said.—
Compiled by Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports,
arkansasonline.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Clerical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clerical. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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