preclerical

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adjective

Before the development of the clergy.

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Meanings

adjectivepreclerical (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBefore the development of the clergy.

    And on the other hand, Tolstoy's attempt to recapture the ethos of "primitive," preclerical Christianity enjoined a dramatic detachment from personal wealth and possessions, a communitarian communism […]

    2007, Daniel Burston, Erik Erikson and the American Psyche: Ego, Ethics, and Evolution, page 132

Origin

From pre- + clerical.

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preclerical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preclerical

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“preclerical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preclerical. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preclerical,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preclerical.

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