clericalist

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UK/ˈklɛɹɪkəlɪst/

adjective

Of or pertaining to clericalism.

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Meanings

adjectiveclericalist (comparative more clericalist, superlative most clericalist)

comparative more clericalist · superlative most clericalist

  1. Of or pertaining to clericalism.

    What is striking in this letter is its deeply clericalist character.

    2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 525
nounclericalist (plural clericalists)

plural clericalists

  1. An advocate of clericalism

Origin

From clerical + -ist.

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APA

clericalist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clericalist

MLA

“clericalist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clericalist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clericalist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clericalist.

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