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| frock |
to install in and provide with the insignia of clerical office. [1/4 definitions] |
| minor order |
one of the four clerical ranks in the Roman Catholic Church. (Cf. major order.) |
| nonclerical |
combined form of clerical. |
| nonproductive |
not directly engaged in production of goods, as administrators, clerical staff, and the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| paperwork |
routine written or clerical work that accompanies business or other transactions. |
| rabat |
a plain, black, false shirt front worn with a clerical collar by some clergymen. |
| vestry |
a church room or building in which clerical vestments are put on and in which these and other liturgical objects are stored; sacristy. [1/3 definitions] |
| yeoman |
in the U.S. Navy, a petty officer performing chiefly clerical duties. [1/6 definitions] |
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