Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Clerical

Clerical , adjective

[Late Latin clericalis. See Clerk.]

1.
Of or pertaining to the clergy; suitable for the clergy.
A clerical education. — Burke
2.
Of or relating to a clerk or copyist, or to writing.
Clerical work. — E. Everett
3.
characteristic of the work performed by a clerk, secretary, or copyist, or suitable to be performed by a clerk.
Clerical staff.
Collocations (1)
A clerical error , an error made in copying or writing.