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Parsonical :: Parsonical (a.) Of or pertaining to a parson; clerical.

Worldly :: Worldly (a.) Lay, as opposed to clerical..

Band :: Band (v. t.) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress..

Armozine :: Armozine (n.) A thick plain silk, generally black, and used for clerical..

Presbyter :: Presbyter (n.) A member of a presbytery whether lay or clerical.

Lewd :: Lewd (superl.) Not clerical; laic; laical; hence, unlearned; simple..

Cleric :: Cleric (n.) A clerk, a clergyman..

Tonsure :: Tonsure (n.) The first ceremony used for devoting a person to the service of God and the church; the first degree of the clericate, given by a bishop, abbot, or cardinal priest, consisting in cutting off the hair from a circular space at the back of the head, with prayers and benedictions; hence, entrance or admission into minor orders..

Clerical :: Clerical (a.) Of or relating to a clerk or copyist, or to writing..

Crown :: Crown (n.) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure..

Liripoop :: Liripoop (n.) A pendent part of the old clerical tippet; afterwards, a tippet; a scarf; -- worn also by doctors, learned men, etc..

Desk :: Desk (n.) A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached; also (esp. in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for the clerical profession..

Cloth :: Cloth (n.) The distinctive dress of any profession, especially of the clergy; hence, the clerical profession..

Cleric :: Cleric (a.) Same as Clerical.

Clericalism :: Clericalism (n.) An excessive devotion to the interests of the sacerdotal order; undue influence of the clergy; sacerdotalism.

Apostate :: Apostate (n.) One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession..

Civilian :: Civilian (n.) One whose pursuits are those of civil life, not military or clerical..

Commendam :: Commendam (n.) A vacant living or benefice commended to a cleric (usually a bishop) who enjoyed the revenue until a pastor was provided. A living so held was said to be held in commendam. The practice was abolished by law in 1836.

Secular :: Secular (a.) Belonging to the laity; lay; not clerical.

Berretta :: Berretta (n.) A square cap worn by ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church. A cardinal's berretta is scarlet; that worn by other clerics is black, except that a bishop's is lined with green..

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