Meanings
adjectiveclergylike (comparative more clergylike, superlative most clergylike)
comparative more clergylike · superlative most clergylike
- Resembling or characteristic of the clergy.
He was quiet, unassuming, decidedly unflashy, nearly clergylike: the antithesis of the popular image of an agent.
2000, Daniel Okrent, Nine Innings: The Anatomy of a Baseball Game
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clergylike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clergylike
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“clergylike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clergylike. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clergylike,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clergylike.
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