of, pertaining to, appropriate for, or assigned to an office clerk or clerks

a clerical job.

doing the work of a clerk or clerks

a clerical assistant; a clerical staff.

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the clergy or a member of the clergy

clerical garb.

advocating the power or influence of the clergy in politics, government, etc.

a clerical party.

a cleric.

clericals, Informal . clerical garments.

a person or a party advocating the power or influence of the church in politics, government, etc.

a person who does clerical work; office worker; clerk.

Also called clerical error. a minor error, as in the keeping of records, the transcribing of documents, or the handling of correspondence.

adjective

accounting , bookkeeping , clerkish , clerkly , office , pink collar , scribal , stenographic , subordinate , typing , white collar , written , apostolic , canonical , churchly , cleric , ecclesiastic , ecclesiastical , episcopal , holy , ministerial , monastic , monkish , papal , parsonical , parsonish , pastoral , pontifical , prelatic , priestly , rabbinical , sacerdotal , sacred , theocratical

noun

churchman , churchwoman , clergyman , clergywoman , cleric , clerk , divine , ecclesiastic , minister , parson