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Clergial :: Clergial (a.) Learned; erudite; clerical.

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

Alb :: Alb (n.) A vestment of white linen, reaching to the feet, an enveloping the person; -- in the Roman Catholic church, worn by those in holy orders when officiating at mass. It was formerly worn, at least by clerics, in daily life..

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

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

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

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

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..

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

Clergical :: Clergical (a.) Of or pertaining to the clergy; clerical; clerkily; learned.

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

Error :: Error (n.) A wandering or deviation from the right course or standard; irregularity; mistake; inaccuracy; something made wrong or left wrong; as, an error in writing or in printing; a clerical error..

Clericity :: Clericity (n.) The state of being a clergyman.

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

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..

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

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.

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

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

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

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