Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (3)
1.
of or relating to clerks;
- Example: "clerical work"2.
of or relating to the clergy;
- Example: "clerical collar"3.
appropriate for or engaged in office work;
- Example: "clerical skills"- Example: "a clerical job"- Example: "the clerical staff"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Clerical \Cler"ic*al\, a. [LL. clericalis. See Clerk.]
1. Of or pertaining to the clergy; suitable for the clergy.
"A clerical education." --Burke.
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2. Of or relating to a clerk or copyist, or to writing.
"Clerical work." --E. Everett.
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3. characteristic of the work performed by a clerk,
secretary, or copyist, or suitable to be performed by a
clerk. "Clerical staff."
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A clerical error, an error made in copying or writing.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
clerical
adj 1: of or relating to clerks; "clerical work"
2: of or relating to the clergy; "clerical collar"
3: appropriate for or engaged in office work; "clerical skills";
"a clerical job"; "the clerical staff"