as in ministerial
of, relating to, or characteristic of the clergy
a time when the clerkly duties of a country parson might include long rides on horseback to visit the more isolated members of the flock
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Adjective
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The opening of federal work following the Civil Rights Movement provided an alternative to manual labor, teaching or ministerial work in the form of white-collar jobs and skills training that many took into private sector jobs.—
J. David McSwane,
ProPublica,
4 June 2025 -
Wilders’ announcement that his PVV party will be leaving the coalition means that any party members holding ministerial positions in the cabinet will leave, while remaining ministers from three other parties will continue as part of a caretaker cabinet.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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The order, based on the teachings of St. Augustine, brings together the disciplines of contemplation and pastoral ministry.—
Harry Kraemer,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Its core principles are being integrated into pastoral initiatives and interreligious dialogue at the national and international levels.—
Craig Considine,
The Conversation,
5 May 2025
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The death in 2022 of a young Iranian Kurdish woman in the custody of the morality police for allegedly violating hijab rules sparked Iran's biggest domestic unrest since the 1979 revolution that brought its clerical rulers to power.—
Miranda Murray,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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Our problem is with a clerical regime that is behind every problem in the region: Hizballah, Hamas, the Houthis, the militias that have conducted attacks out of Iraq and Syria.—
Dan Gooding
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 May 2025
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“Clerkly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clerkly. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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