Get to know Clerical better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like employee or priesthood.
Clerical meaning
- Of or relating to clerks or their work.
- Of or relating to the clergy.
Synonyms of Clerical
Using Clerical
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or relating to clerks or their work. | Of or relating to the clergy.
- Useful related words include: employee, priesthood, white-collar.
- In the example corpus, clerical often appears in combinations such as: the clerical, of clerical, and clerical.
Context around Clerical
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 14 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Clerical
- In this selection, "clerical" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sects, anti, identifiable, error, leadership and personnel stand out and add context to how "clerical" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a cosmic clerical error a and a human clerical error that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "clerical" sits close to words such as advantageous, airstrike and aligning, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with clerical
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It all seemed like a cosmic clerical error, a lopsided allocation of assets. (13 words)
I’m pretty sure it was a clerical error in the admissions department that led to this. (17 words)
Bord Gais said it was a human clerical error that was to blame for the direct debit being taken. (19 words)
At the same time, the study found that the share of employment potentially affected by automation was more than twice as high for women as for men, due to women's overrepresentation in clerical work, especially in high- and middle-income countries. (42 words)
Since 1972 the minor orders and the subdiaconate have been replaced by lay ministries and clerical tonsure no longer takes place, except in some Traditionalist Catholic groups, and the clerical state is acquired, even in those groups, by Holy Orders. (40 words)
A union representing more than 5,000 Telus technicians and clerical staff across Canada says workers are being paid too little, too much, too late or not at all ever since the telecom giant implemented a new payroll system. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
The database contains the clerical personnel’s name, gender, photo, religious title, religious sects, clerical identity, and clerical ID number.
Since 1972 the minor orders and the subdiaconate have been replaced by lay ministries and clerical tonsure no longer takes place, except in some Traditionalist Catholic groups, and the clerical state is acquired, even in those groups, by Holy Orders.
The clerical class had been on the defensive ever since the 1920s when the secular, anti-clerical modernizer Reza Shah Pahlavi rose to power.
The most known form of distinctive clothing for the priest is the easily identifiable clerical collar (or Roman collar ), which takes form in either the traditional cassock, or modern day clerical shirt.
Always mindful of the need to strive for reconciliation during darker days in the north, one such peace-making act unintentionally embroiled Fr Kevin and a clerical counterpart from the Presbyterian tradition in controversy in the mid 1980s.
At the same time, the study found that the share of employment potentially affected by automation was more than twice as high for women as for men, due to women's overrepresentation in clerical work, especially in high- and middle-income countries.
Attorney Davis said she made three changes to bring the agreement in line with the county’s MOU with school district 1. The county attorney said two of the changes were simply clerical, adding and subtracting names.
A union representing more than 5,000 Telus technicians and clerical staff across Canada says workers are being paid too little, too much, too late or not at all ever since the telecom giant implemented a new payroll system.
Bord Gais said it was a human clerical error that was to blame for the direct debit being taken.
China has a warm relationship with Iran, where the clerical leadership supports both Hamas and Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group that could open a second front against Israel.
Her death sparked several months of protests that rattled Iran's clerical leadership and only dwindled in the face of a crackdown that according to activists has seen thousands arrested and hundreds killed.
I’m pretty sure it was a clerical error in the admissions department that led to this.
In response to your question about the Unclaimed Funds insert in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the clerical error was not noticed by staff at the Treasurer’s office or by me prior to the insert being printed.
Iran’s clerical rulers have also faced internal turmoil in recent months, with a crackdown on widespread anti-establishment demonstrations spurred by the death in custody of a woman held for allegedly violating its strict Islamic dress code.
It all seemed like a cosmic clerical error, a lopsided allocation of assets.
Notably, adults aged 40-59 years and those engaged in clerical/skilled/semi-skilled occupations were identified as having higher odds of obesity compared to their counterparts.
Of the eight monitored sectors, executive and professional registered the sharpest drop in vacancies, followed by secretarial and clerical.
Prescribed medication by her doctor, Natalie said that Leanne, who worked as a clerical assistant in a hospital and also lived in Sheffield, tried to persevere through her illness and went back to work in the summer of 2020.
The revolutionary uprising of Iranians against the clerical regime of the Islamic Republic did not end with the last days of 2022.
The ruling also stated that a correction could not be made because there was not a 'clerical mistake' in the conviction judgement – because she was legally using the name Varner at the time of the offenses.
Common combinations with clerical
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: