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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..

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

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

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

Body :: Body (n.) A number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually as united by some common tie, or as organized for some purpose; a collective whole or totality; a corporation; as, a legislative body; a clerical body..

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

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

Clerical :: Clerical (a.) Of or pertaining to the clergy; suitable for the clergy.

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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